Robert Capa
Nicosia, Sicily, July 1943: Innocent Victim

Nicosia, Sicily, July 1943: Innocent Victim

© Robert Capa © International Center of Photography/Magnum Photos

Nicosia, Sicily, July 1943: Innocent Victim
Nicosia, Sicily, July 1943: Innocent Victim
ArtistAmerican, born Hungary, 1913–1954
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Nicosia, Sicily, July 1943: Innocent Victim
Date1943
PlaceNicosia, Sicily, Italy
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 11/16 × 8 1/2 in. (17 × 21.6 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/8 × 9 in. (18.2 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Anne Wilkes Tucker in honor of Will Michels
Object number2004.1739
Non exposé

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Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceAnne Wilkes Tucker, Houston; given to MFAH, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Typed on verso left edge: "File: army drawer, AEF in Sicily folder"

Printed label taped to verso lower edge: "LF 695021 WP. . . . . . . NEW YORK BUREAU / INNOCENT VICTIM / SOMEWHERE IN SICILY - AN INNOCENT VICTIM OF THE BATTLE FOR HER HOMELAND, THIS SICILIAN / WOMAN WINCES WITH PAIN AS AN AMERICAN MIDICAL CORPS MAN PATCHES THE WOUND INFLICTED BY A NAZI SNIPER'S BULLET. AXIS FORCES REFUSED / FIRST AID TO CIVILIAN CASUALTIES WHO WERE SWIFTLY AND CAPABLE TREATED BY YANK MEDICAL / MEN AS THE PASSED THROUGH CONQUERED TOWNS. / FULL DJH / CREDIT LINE --WP-- (ACME) 8/19/43 (RK)"

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