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ALFRED EISENSTAEDT
(1898–1995)
›V-J Day Kiss in Times Square‹,
New York 1945
Gelatin silver print, printed in the 1980s
22,8 × 15,6 cm (9 × 6.1 in)
Signed by the photographer in ink in
the margin, his »PHOTO BY ALFRED
EISENSTAEDT« stamp on the reverse
PROVENANCE
Eisenstaedt Family Estate
LITERATURE
Alfred Eisenstaedt, Witness to our
Time, New York 1966, p. 117; Alfred
Eisenstaedt, The Eye of Alfred Eisen-
staedt, London 1969, p. 57; Eisenstaedt,
Remembrances, Boston 1990, p. 67
and back cover; Hans-Michael Koetzle
(ed.), Photo Icons. Die Geschichte
hinter den Bildern. 1928–1991, Cologne
2015, cover and p. 163.
* € 6.000 / € 10.000–12.000

»In Times Square on V-J Day, I saw a sailor running
along the street grabbing every girl in sight. I was
running ahead of him with my Leica looking back
over my shoulder. Then suddenly, in a flash, I saw

something white being grabbed. I turned around
and clicked the moment the sailor kissed the nurse
… I took exactly four pictures. It was done within a
few seconds.« (Alfred Eisenstaedt)

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