Artist
Robert Capa (American, born Hungary, 1913–1954)American, born Hungary, 1913–1954
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Leipzig, Germany, April 18, 1945
DateApril 18, 1945, printed c. 1955–1962
Place depictedLeipzig, Germany
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 5/8 × 9 7/8 in. (34.6 × 25.1 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 10 7/8 in. (35.6 × 27.6 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 10 7/8 in. (35.6 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Marion and Joe Mundy Endowment Fund
Object number2012.20
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Provenance[Magnum Photos, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2012.
Exhibition History“Made for Magazines: Iconic 20th-Century Photographs,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 9–May 4, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in ink with various other marks in pencil:
GERMANY WWII 1943 (crossed out) 1945 / Leipzig
69449 82 113-18928
GERMANY WWII 1943 (crossed out) 1945 / Leipzig
69449 82 113-18928
Printed label on verso:
R. CAPA WORLD WAR II / LEIPZIG 1945
Stamped label on verso:
MAGNUM / Mangum Photos Inc. (c) 1945 Robert Capa / [barcode] Leipzig, GERMANY, 1945 A US soldier killed in / house-to-house fighting. This Victim became the / symbolic last man to die in Europe for Capa.
PLEASE CREDIT / ROBERT CAPA - MAGNUM / MAGNUM PHOTOS INC. / 15 West 47th Street / New York 19, N. Y.
Please Credit ROBERT CAPA - MAGNUM . COURTESY - LIFE MAGAZINE
R. CAPA WORLD WAR II / LEIPZIG 1945
Stamped label on verso:
MAGNUM / Mangum Photos Inc. (c) 1945 Robert Capa / [barcode] Leipzig, GERMANY, 1945 A US soldier killed in / house-to-house fighting. This Victim became the / symbolic last man to die in Europe for Capa.
PLEASE CREDIT / ROBERT CAPA - MAGNUM / MAGNUM PHOTOS INC. / 15 West 47th Street / New York 19, N. Y.
Please Credit ROBERT CAPA - MAGNUM . COURTESY - LIFE MAGAZINE
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