Nov 21 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2687 -

Sale 2687 - Lot 226

Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(VIETNAM WAR.) Bernie Boston, photographer. Signed print of his iconic Vietnam War protest photo "Flower Power." Photograph, 11 x 13¼ inches, signed in the lower margin "To Pete, Bernie Boston 67." [Arlington, VA, 21 October 1967 image] (later print)

Additional Details

Taken at an anti-war protest at the Pentagon, this photograph shows teenaged protestor George Harris inserting a flower into the barrel of a military policeman's gun. Taken for the Washington Star, it was the best-known shot of the photographer's distinguished career.