Lot Essay
All praise to Gene Smith; for me, he is the paragon of the functional photographer. He attends his themes, he sees magnificently, and he prints beautifully. ANSEL ADAMS
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Sticks and Stones and Bits of Human Bones, Iwo Jima, 1945
Details
W. EUGENE SMITH (1918-1978)
Sticks and Stones and Bits of Human Bones, Iwo Jima, 1945
gelatin silver print, printed later
notation 'WW-6-8' in pencil and Estate stamp (on the verso)
6 x 7¾in. (15.2 x 19.8cm.)
Sticks and Stones and Bits of Human Bones, Iwo Jima, 1945
gelatin silver print, printed later
notation 'WW-6-8' in pencil and Estate stamp (on the verso)
6 x 7¾in. (15.2 x 19.8cm.)
Provenance
Acquired directly from the Estate of the artist
Literature
W. Eugene Smith: His Photographs and Notes, Aperture, 1969, n.p.; Johnson, W. Eugene Smith: Master of the Photographic Essay, Aperture, 1981, cat. no. 2:146, p. 30
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