Robert Capa
Chartres, France

ArtistAmerican, 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
Object Type
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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