Lot 703
Enola Gay. All items are in fine condition. Signed Color Lithograph of the Enola Gay with Three Signed Photographs. Attractive Color Lithograph of a painting of the Enola Gay in flight high above a broken peninsula off Japan. Approximately 29 x 23", n.d., with a printed legend at bottom which reads:
" Atomic Warfare is Born
Precisely at 17 seconds past 8:15 a.m. on 6 August, 1945, Colonel Paul W.Tibbets and the crew of the ENOLA GAY,
a B-29-45-MO, released the first atomic weapon, nicknamed "Little Boy." Forty-three seconds later, Hiroshima ceased
to exist as a city, and the course of warfare changed forever. "
Rendered in pale blues, greys, light greens, ocher, and earthy clay tones, the lithograph is signed in full by three of the crew members of the first atomic mission: pilot Paul W. Tibbets, bombardier Thomas W. Ferebee and navigator Theodore J. Van Kirk.
Accompanied by Three Signed Photographs of crew members of the Enola Gay, each a Black & White, 8 x 10" image, including a composed headshot of pilot Paul W. Tibbets; an old-fashioned seated portrait of youthful tail gunner George R. Caron; and a smiling headshot of the boyish navigator Theodore J. Van Kirk. Each is dressed in military uniform. All have signed in full in dark blue ink.
Fine.
Estimated Value $500 - 750.
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