Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

Lot 166

Felix de Weldon, (American, 1907-2003)
A cast bronze bas-relief of the Raising of the Flag
Washington D.C., circa 1950-54

Amended
22 February 2013, 13:00 EST
New York

Sold for US$1,875 inc. premium

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Books & Manuscripts specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Ask about this lot

Felix de Weldon, (American, 1907-2003)
A cast bronze bas-relief of the Raising of the Flag
Washington D.C., circa 1950-54

A cast bronze bas-relief, the front painted green, similar to the one incorporated into the Monument on the summit Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima Island.
11in. x 9.25in.

Footnotes

Provenance:
The War Museum

This brass bas-relief of the flag raising had been originally intended to be a variation for use as a Monument or Memorial. (See previous lot for the plaster maquette.) A cast from the plaster maquette in brass, like this one, was used in the make up of the Marines memorial on the top of Mount Suribachi itself. The lot is sold with a period photograph of Captain Harris, Brig Gen. Franklin Hart USMC, and Gen. Brooks presenting a similar bas-relief.

Saleroom notices

The date should read 1945 to 1950.

Additional information

Bid now on these items

ADVERTISING POSTERfor 'The Suffragette' newspaper, [c.1913-1914]

ARCHITECTURE - STUART (JAMES) AND NICHOLAS REVETT The Antiquities of Athens, 4 vol. bound in 2, 1825-1830

ILLUMINATED ADDRESS – CLARA CODD Illuminated printed address signed by Emmeline Pankhurst, [1909]

ARMENIAN - HISTORY, THEOLOGY AND PRINTING. Group of books/a map in Armenian, c.1825-1901 (12)

MUSIC & RECORDINGS – ETHEL SMYTH Collection of printed music, song sheets and records, [c.1911-1912]

BANK NOTES - MANUFACTURING BRADBURY (HENRY) On the Security and Manufacture of Bank Notes, FIRST EDITION, Bradbury and Evans, 1856