Joe Rosenthal poster

Hi all!

I bought this poster a few years ago at an oline auction in my home country in Europe. I had the only bid, and with no reserve I didn't pay much for it. I am not sure if it is an original from 1945/1946 or a reproduction, but the frame and backside suggests that it was framed a long time ago. Outer measurements are approximately 61 cm x 45 cm Any information is appreciated.
Thank you!

 

The poster is not cut. The black vertical stripe on the right is the sun casting a shadow as the photo was taken outside.

 

Check the dimensions against this.

https://collections.digitalmaryland.org/digital/collection/mdwp/id/211/

Debora

 

Thank you. It fits with the size. But is the poster in the link a repro of the one from 1945 or an original? Sorry if it is a stupid question.

 

No such thing as a stupid question. The poster in link is in the collection of the Maryland's Enoch Pratt Free Library so... Original. Given the age of the frame and backing, I would assume yours original too (but could be wrong.)

Debora

 

Thank you!

 

I always thought the original was black & white??

 

It appears to be colorized.

Debora

 

What constitutes an "original" poster on this? The photo was reproduced thousands of times within days of being taken.

According to Wikipedia:
The photograph, taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press on February 23, 1945, was published in Sunday newspapers two days later and reprinted in thousands of publications. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Photography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima

 

What I meant by original is that it is a poster from 1945 and not a reprint from decades later. But maybe I have misunderstood and that there is no such things as an 'original'.

 

That was my understanding too.

Debora

 

a vintage 1945.......or circa 1945........ poster....... but the original is his photograph.

 

Here's the photographer's signature on a color-enhanced version of his photograph.

http://natedsanders.com/joe_rosenthal_signed_9___x_12_75___print_of_the_fl-lot60883.aspx

Debora

 

Taking Wikipedia literally, I guess an original would be a page from one of those Sunday newspapers... showing the date. Associated press may have a policy that enables people to special order specific photos, but then you would need to know how such an order was fulfilled back then - the reproduction technique and the type of paper used. For an image in high demand they may have produced a poster-sized mass printing, but I don't know how such a thing could be authenticated.

I have a vague recollection of special ordering some image way back, and getting a print on photo paper, but that recollection is very, very vague. I don't remember who I ordered it from, when, or what the image was.

 

ahhh, the 70's !!

 

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