Robert Capa
Chartres, France

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Artist Robert Capa (American, born Hungary, 1913–1954)American, born Hungary, 1913–1954

CultureAmerican

Titles

Chartres, France

DateAugust 18, 1944

PlaceChartres, France

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 8 9/16 × 13 1/2 in. (21.7 × 34.3 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Barbara and Wm. P. O'Connell at "One Great Night in November, 2006" in honor of our brave American fighting men and women in World War II who liberated France

Object number2006.638

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

World War II in Photographs

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Magnum Photos, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2006.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Various marks in ink and pencil relating to the place, date and War, together with Magnum cataloguing numerals.

Stamped and printed labels on verso - see photocopy in accession file:

"MAGNUM / PHOTO LIBRARY PRINT / NEW YORK / LOG REF. ... 46398... / TO BE RETURNED."

"FRANCE: Followed by jeers and marked by her shaven head, a / woman collaborator carries her baby out of the town of Chartres / following its capture by allied troops. / ... / copy negative"

"FRANCE B-4 / Paris Liberatier WWII"

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