HOWARD TOM (active 1920s 1930s) Execution of Ruth Synder

Sale 2191 - Lot 126

Price Realized: $ 4,560

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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500

HOWARD, TOM (active 1920s-1930s)
Execution of Ruth Synder. Warm-toned silver contact print, 1 1/2x2 inches (3.8x5 cm.), on the original mount, with handwritten notations "Ruth Snyder in chair" on mount recto. 1928

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One of the most famous tabloid photographs of the 20th century, New York photojournalist Tom Howard took the picture with a hidden miniature camera, which was strapped to his ankle. A close-up of Snyder appeared on the front page of New York Daily News with the headline: "DEAD!" The picture was so extraordinary that the newspaper ran an additional 750,000 copies to meet public demand.