ROSENTHAL, Joe. Flag Raising on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima. -- Aerial View of a Pacific Island. -- The
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ROSENTHAL, Joe (1911-2006). Flag Raising on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima. -- Aerial View of a Pacific Island. -- The 28th Regiment Atop Mt. Suribachi. -- Four Marines with Flag, Mr. Suribachi. 1945.
4 gelatin silver prints of varying sizes, each approximately 4 x 5", matted and framed (overall dimensions 17 1/4 x 13 1/4"). Military stamp of Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Area (CINCPOA) on verso of The 28th Regiment... which reads, "Examined / For Military Security / No Objection to Publication / Subject to Deletions / And Amendments Indicated." Provenance: Sotheby's New York Sale, 6 April 2000, NY7450 Lot 199.
American photographer Joe Rosenthal's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Flag Raising on Iwo Jima would become the defining image of American victory in the Pacific and one of the most iconic images in world history. In later years when asked about the impact of this photograph Rosenthal would remark, "I took the picture; the Marines took Iwo Jima."
4 gelatin silver prints of varying sizes, each approximately 4 x 5", matted and framed (overall dimensions 17 1/4 x 13 1/4"). Military stamp of Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Area (CINCPOA) on verso of The 28th Regiment... which reads, "Examined / For Military Security / No Objection to Publication / Subject to Deletions / And Amendments Indicated." Provenance: Sotheby's New York Sale, 6 April 2000, NY7450 Lot 199.
American photographer Joe Rosenthal's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Flag Raising on Iwo Jima would become the defining image of American victory in the Pacific and one of the most iconic images in world history. In later years when asked about the impact of this photograph Rosenthal would remark, "I took the picture; the Marines took Iwo Jima."
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ROSENTHAL, Joe. Flag Raising on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima. -- Aerial View of a Pacific Island. -- The
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