First Sergeant, Karol Smith, USMC
Iwo Jima Beachhead

Iwo Jima Beachhead

© Anne Tucker

Iwo Jima Beachhead
Iwo Jima Beachhead
ArtistAmerican, 1918–1992
PrinterAmerican, born 1968
Titles
  • Iwo Jima Beachhead
Date1945, printed 2007
Place depictedIwo Jima, Japan
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 5/16 × 30 1/8 in. (26.2 × 76.5 cm)
 Sheet: 13 × 35 in. (33 × 88.9 cm)
 Frame (outer): 16 3/8 × 36 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (41.7 × 92.5 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Anne Wilkes Tucker in honor of Alexander K. McLanahan and his service in World War II
Object number2010.1899.A,.B
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ProvenanceAnne Wilkes Tucker, Houston; given to MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
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