Lot Essay
This print formerly belonged to one of the Marines present at the taking of the hill. It was given to him by the photographer sometime after the war.
Details
JOSEPH ROSENTHAL (born 1911)
Old Glory Goes Up on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima (1945)
Gelatin silver print. 1950s. Signed in pencil on the verso.
9½ x 7 5/8in.
Old Glory Goes Up on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima (1945)
Gelatin silver print. 1950s. Signed in pencil on the verso.
9½ x 7 5/8in.
Literature
The Power of Photographs, p. 143; and Great News Photos and the Stories Behind Them, p. 91.