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Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

17 ½ by 12 in.

Edition:

Executed 14 August 1945 and printed in 1995, this work is number 234 from an edition of 250.

Description:

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Markings:

signed Eisenstaedt (lower right margin)

Condition:

Please note the colors and shades in the online catalogue illustrations may vary depending on screen settings. This photograph is in generally excellent condition. When examined in raking light, a small deposit of original retouching is visible on the sailor's shirt sleeve. There is minor margin edge and corner wear, including a tiny tear at the upper right edge and a 1/4-inch crease at the upper right corner. The upper and lower margin edges are gently rippled. On the reverse, the following are written in pencil in unidentified hands: 'V-J Day, Times Square, New York City, August 14, 1945 by Alfred Eisenstaedt'; 'Print made in Time Life photo lab 1995'; '© Time Inc. / All Rights Reserved'; and 'AE/1031.' Framed dimensions: 30 ¼ by 24 ? in. (76.8 by 62.5 cm.)

Literature:

Alfred Eisenstaedt, Witness To Our Time, New York, 1966, p. 117, illustrated Alfred Eisenstaedt, Eisenstaedt on Eisenstaedt, New York, 1985, pp. 74-5, illustrated Alfred Eisenstaedt, Eisenstaedt: Remembrances, New York, 1990, p. 66, illustrated

Provenance:

Gallery Old Town, San Diego Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2000