Oct 18, 2018 - Sale 2489

Sale 2489 - Lot 171

Unsold
Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000
W. EUGENE SMITH (1918-1978)
Guardia Civil, Spain. Silver print, the image measuring 12 1/2x15 7/8 inches (31.8x40.3 cm.), the black exhibition mount 16x20 inches (40.6x50.8 cm.), with Smith's signature, with a stylus, on print recto, and his credit hand stamp and the title, in pencil, on mount verso. 1950
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This print has been in a Private Collection since the early 1970s.

The iconic image was originally published in the April 9, 1951 issue of LIFE Magazine as part of Smith's photo essay "Spanish Village."