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Lot 164
Sale 5856 - Photographs & Photobooks
Sep 11, 2019
9:00AM ET
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$313
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YASUSHI NAGAO (JAPANESE, 1930-2009) YAMAGUCHI ASSASSINATING JAPANESE SOCIALIST PARTY POLITICIAN INEJIRO ASANUMA
1966. With clipping, ink notations, and Bettmann Newsphotos conditons of use label on verso. Selenium-toned gelatin silver print.
Image: 7 1/8 x 9 in. (18.1 x 22.9cm).
Sheet: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4cm).
Yasushi Nagao, then a Tokyo press photographer, won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for this photo of the assassination of Socialist politician Inejiro Asanuma by 17-year-old Futaya Yamaguchi.