Feb 28, 2012 - Sale 2270

Sale 2270 - Lot 65

Price Realized: $ 5,760
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
SMITH, W. EUGENE (1918-1978)
"Wounded Soldier Praying, Okinawa." Silver print, 7 1/2x9 3/4 inches (19.1x24.8 cm.), with notations in Smith's handwriting "July 1967, only print available," on mount verso along with 3 Smith hand stamps, the original mount is 17 3/4x13 3/4 inches (45.1x34.9 cm.). 1945; printed 1950s

Additional Details

A later, handwritten notation by Leslie Teicholz, who was Smith's assistant, reads: "For possible use in Jewish Museum Exhibition, 1971."