Mar 21, 2024 - Sale 2663

Sale 2663 - Lot 266

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(MARTIN LUTHER KING.) Moneta J. Sleet, Jr. Mrs. Coretta Scott King and her daughter Bernice at the funeral of Martin Luther King. Wire photo, 10 x 8 inches, captioned in the negative, with inked "Not Used" stamp on verso; minor wear. [Atlanta, GA, 9 April 1968], May 1969 print
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This print of Sleet's heartbreaking image was issued by the Associated Press the following year when it won him the Pulitzer Prize--the first Black photographer thus honored.