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Paul Fusco — Selected Images from Robert F. Kennedy's Funeral Train
Paul Fusco

Selected Images from Robert F. Kennedy's Funeral Train

Paul Fusco's "Selected Images from Robert F. Kennedy's Funeral Train" documents the journey of RFK's body from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. in June 1968, capturing candid moments of grieving Americans gathered along the railroad tracks. The six dye destruction prints, which represent a later printing of Fusco's original color transparencies, preserve this pivotal moment in American history with documentary immediacy and intimate human emotion.

Medium
Six dye destruction prints, printed later.

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Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation Part II

October 9, 2024

Lot 31

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Paul Fusco, Selected Images from Robert F. Kennedy's Funeral Train

Paul Fusco's "Selected Images from Robert F. Kennedy's Funeral Train" documents the journey of RFK's body from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. in June 1968, capturing candid moments of grieving Americans gathered along the railroad tracks. The six dye destruction prints, which represent a later printing of Fusco's original color transparencies, preserve this pivotal moment in American history with documentary immediacy and intimate human emotion.

Medium
Six dye destruction prints, printed later.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

20th Century, Color Photography, Documentary Photography, American Artist, Somber and reflective, Funeral train journey, 1968, Social Documentary, Political History, Photojournalism

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