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Evgeny Khaldei (1917-1997) Russian

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RAISING THE FLAG ON THE ROOF OF THE REICHSTAG, BERLIN, MAY 2ND, 1945, gelatin silver print, printed in the 1980's, signed in pencil on verso, Copyright by: ITAR-TASS Photo Agency, Russia stamp on verso, image 11 ¼ x 7 ¾", sheet 12 x 9 ½", framed. [This is one of three gelatin silver prints of three variant images of the larger version, which is a retouched version in itself with billowing smoke added in the sky and the second watch on the officer's wrist removed. Following the photograph's first publication in Pravda, Khaldei was instructed to remove the second watch as it suggested "…conduct unbecoming an officer...."].

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