Oct 19, 2010 - Sale 2226

Sale 2226 - Lot 144

Price Realized: $ 1,020
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 900 - $ 1,200
THORNELL, JACK R. (1939- )
Shooting of James Meredith, Hernando, Mississippi. Silver print, 10 1/2x13 1/2 inches (26.7x34.3 cm.), with Thornell's signature and inscription, in ink, on recto. 1967

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with--Steve Starr. Cornell University Campus student takeover. Silver print, 10 1/2x13 1/2 inches (26.7x34.3 cm.), with Starr's signature and inscription, "To Sandy, my ???ful friend," in pencil, on recto. 1969.
Thornell's inscription reads: "Sandy,/Sorry I didn't have this in color too!/Jack Thornell."
From the Estate of William J. "Sandy" Colton. All proceeds to benefit the Eddie Adams Workshop.
Thornell won the Pulitzer Prize in 1967 for his photographs of the shooting of James Meredith.