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Ruth Orkin
(American, 1921-1985)
VE Day, Times Square

2 February 2021, 12:00 EST
New York

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Ruth Orkin (American, 1921-1985)

VE Day, Times Square, 1945
Gelatin silver print, printed later, facsimile signature blindstamp in the margin; signed, titled, dated by Mary Engel, Estate Executor, in pencil and Estate copyright credit reproduction limitation stamp on the verso.
10 x 11 3/4in (25.4 x 29.8cm)
sheet 11 x 14in (28 x 35.5cm)

Footnotes

Literature
Orkin, A Photo Journal, Viking Press, 1981, p. 28
Ruth Orkin: A Retrospective, International Center for Photography, New York, May 5-July 16, 1995, exhibition catalogue, p. 11
Cornic, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin: Outside - From Street Photography to Filmmaking, Carlotta Films, 2014, pp. 44-45

V-E Day, May 8, 1945, Times Square - the end of the war and my first published photograph. Macy's "Star", a newspaper for the employees of the department store, paid me four dollars for it. The small model of the Statue of Liberty stood in Times Square during to encourage the sale of war bonds.
RUTH ORKIN

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