Iwo Jima: A Hard Won Haven (Artist's Proof, Main & Display Edition Prints) by John Shaw
Image size: 31.5 in x 16.25 in
Overall size: 37 in x 23 in
Available Editions:
Artist's Proof Edition - $350
Signed and numbered, edition of 100
Signed by the artist and 14 veterans, including:
Vern Brinzenhofe (4th Marine Div.), Claire Chaffin (USN Corpsman), Jack Colby (4th Marine Div.), Roy Earle (Saipan/Tinian/Iwo), Norm Hatch (USMC cinematographer), Harry Hink (USAAF B-29 pilot), Herb Ing (4th Marine Div.), Raymond Jacobs (1st Flag Raising), Henry Koellein (Flame Thrower Operator), Cy O’Brien (USMC Combat Photographer), Grover Thompson (4th Marine Div.), Gordon Ward (5th Marine Div.), Robert Weiler (USAAF B-29 Gunner), and USMC Medal of Honor recipient Jack Lucas.
Main Edition - $250
Signed and numbered, edition of 500
Signed by artist and 13 Iwo Jima veterans
Includes veteran biographical profile
Display Edition - $95
Signed by artist only
Professional framing available upon request. All framing materials are archival and conservation-grade to ensure long-term preservation. Please contact us for options and pricing.
Iwo Jima, a charred, volcanic speck in the Pacific, became a thing of beauty to B-29 crews in trouble, returning from missions against Japan in early 1945. The U.S. Marines paid dearly for their countrymen to live, in what was one of the most famous battles in history. In 36 days of combat, between six and seven thousand Marines died taking Iwo, with many thousands more wounded. It’s estimated that the lives of nearly 25,000 airmen were spared as a result of being able to make emergency landings there. In this scene, a crippled Superfortress of the 34th Bomb Group limps onto Iwo Jima’s hard-won runway, carved from the volcanic rock stretching outward from the base of Mt. Suribachi, site of the famous flag-raising made famous in the world-renowned image by wartime photographer Joseph Rosenthal.
