Artist
Robert Capa (American, born Hungary, 1913–1954)American, born Hungary, 1913–1954
CultureAmerican
Titles
- D-Day
DateJune 6, 1944, printed before 1954
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 3/8 × 9 5/16 in. (16.3 × 23.6 cm)
Sheet: 6 7/16 × 9 5/16 in. (16.3 × 23.6 cm)
Mount: 10 15/16 × 14 1/16 in. (27.8 × 35.7 cm)
Frame (outer): 16 3/8 × 20 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (41.7 × 51.8 × 3.2 cm)
Sheet: 6 7/16 × 9 5/16 in. (16.3 × 23.6 cm)
Mount: 10 15/16 × 14 1/16 in. (27.8 × 35.7 cm)
Frame (outer): 16 3/8 × 20 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (41.7 × 51.8 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by J. Barclay Collins II, S. Allen Lackey, Harry Reasoner and Jeffrey K. Skilling at "One Great Night in November, 1997"
Object number97.464
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition History"CREW: The Men of the USS Texas," Galveston Arts Center, March 6–April 4, 2004.
"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 11, 2012–February 3, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: On backboard of frame: Blue ink stamp: "A.E. Woolley, PhD / 803 Edgemoor Road / Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08034." Blue ink stamp: "IMAGES: The Photographer's Place / A.E. Woolley, PhD / 921 N. Labdell Blvd. / Baton Rouge, LA 70806 PH 504 / 924-4421 / A.E. WOOLLEY, PHD." In blue ink: "D-Day 6th of June 1944 / Robert Capa / given to A.E. Woolley / by Cornell Capa in 1960 / New Paltz, N.Y. when he / Gave talk about his brother / $1000."
The photograph is signed in black ink, under image on second mount: "D-Day June 1944 Robert Capa."
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