Raising the Flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, 1945
Gelatin silver print
11.25 x 14 in.
Est. US$4,000–6,000
Icons of Photojournalism
Auction: 22 Apr – 29 Apr 2014
artnet Online Auctions
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GI carries injured paratrooper to medical aid station during first Allied air drop behind enemy lines near Wesel, Germany, March 24, 1945
Gelatin silver print
13.38 х 8.88 in.
Est. US$7,000–10,000
Icons of Photojournalism
Online auction live for bidding now through April 29.
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Susanna Wenniger
artnet Auctions
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artnet Auctions is pleased to present Icons of Photojournalism, a groundbreaking sale featuring powerful war photography from the turn of the century to the present, ranging in value from US$5,000 to 25,000. One highlight of the sale is Joe Rosenthal’s historic photograph from World War II, Raising the Flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, 1945. Rosenthal captured what is easily considered to be one of the most recognizable images of the war. This sale also features work by renowned photographers such Dmitiri Baltermants, Yvegeni Khaldei, Horace Bristol, Robert Capa, Elliott Erwitt, Larry Burrows, Steve McCurry, Kenneth Jarecke, and Lori Grinker.
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Rescue at Rabaul: PBY Blister Gunner, 1944
Platinum print
10 x 10.5 in.
Est. US$6,000–7,500
Corpsman Vernon Wike, Battle for Hill 881, South Vietnam, April– May, 1967
Gelatin silver print
10 х 13 in.
Est. US$8,000–12,000