May 18, 2006 - Sale 2080

Sale 2080 - Lot 262

Price Realized: $ 1,840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
KENNERLY, DAVID HUME (1947- )
"Nixon's Farewell, The South Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C." Mural-size laminated silver print contact sheet, 58x40 inches, mounted to a sheet of aluminum measuring 66 1/2x46 inches, signed, titled, dated and editioned "7/15" on recto. 1974

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on August 8, 1974, faced with what seemed almost certain impeachment after the Watergate scandal, Nixon announced that he would resign the next day to begin "That process of healing which is so desperately needed in America." The Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer depicts Nixon's final minutes at the White House.