Apr 17, 2014 - Sale 2345

Sale 2345 - Lot 110

Price Realized: $ 625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
NAGAO, YASUSHI (1930-2009)
Death of Inejiro Asanuma. Silver print, 6 1/2x8 1/2 inches (16.5x21.6 cm.), with a caption label affixed to verso. 1960
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From the Collection of John Binder.

This Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph shows the death of Asanuma, a Japanese politican and leader of the Socialist party. He was assassinated by an extremist nationalist while speaking in a televised political debate. His violent death was seen in graphic detail on national television, causing widespread public shock and outrage.