Object Details
- Artist
- David Levinthal, born San Francisco, CA 1949
- Exhibition Label
- Levinthal's photograph restages an iconic moment captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal toward the end of World War II. The original Pulitzer Prize--winning image shows six American Marines from behind raising a flag on Mount Suribachi after taking control of the
- Japanese territory during the battle of Iwo Jima. In Levinthal's version, six toy soldiers face the viewer and raise a tattered American flag. By reversing the vantage point, Levinthal reminds us that history is constantly changing as new perspectives inform what we think we know about the past.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Donald Standford Rosenfeld, Jr.
- Copyright
- © 2013, David Levinthal
- 2013
- Object number
- 2017.41.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Photography
- Medium
- inkjet print
- Dimensions
- 17 × 22 in. (43.2 × 55.9 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Graphic Arts
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Figure group\male
- History\United States\World War II
- Occupation\military\soldier
- Dress\uniform\military uniform
- Object\other\flag
- Landscape\Japan\Iwo Jima
- Record ID
- saam_2017.41.12
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7a0093d50-8b54-49bb-9637-5945f2ff3379
