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122. Robert Capa (1913-1954)
Italie. Troina, Août 1943.
Les premiers soldats américains entrant dans la ville.
Épreuve argentique (1964). Tampon “Please Credit : Robert Capa /
“Images of War” Copyright © 1964”, tampon “Photograph by / Robert
Capa / © 1965 Magnum Photos Inc. / 72 W. 45
th
Street, N. Y. C.
36” et tampon “Distributed by Magnum Photos Inc. / 15 West 47
th
Street / New York 36, N. Y.”, avec légendes tapuscrites sur étiquette
contrecollée au verso.
28 x 35,3 cm avec marges
Ce tirage fut réalisé à l’occasion de la sortie de l’édition originale du livre
Robert Capa - Images of War
, Grossman Publishers, New York, 1964.
La légende sur étiquette dit : “Italy : During the fight tot take Sicily,
Capa wrote, “The regiment was just jumping off to take Troina, a small
town perched on a hilltop. Troina was tough. It took us seven days to
capture it and we lost al lot of goof men... This was the first time I had
followed an attack from beginning to end and I managed to get some
good pictures.”
Provenance : Ancienne collection Micha Bar Am.
2000/3000€
