Robert Capa
The Allies in Italy, Troina, Sicily

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

CultureAmerican

Titles

The Allies in Italy, Troina, Sicily

DateAugust 6, 1943

PlaceTroina, Italy

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 11 15/16 × 10 1/2 in. (30.4 × 26.7 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Compass Bank Wealth Management Group at "One Great Night in November, 2006", in honor of our fighting men and women worldwide

Object number2006.639

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"Norman Rockwell: American Freedom," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 15, 2019–March 22, 2020.
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. Consignment ... MAP / TO BE RETURNED." (underneath another adhesive label)

"PLEASE CREDIT / ROBERT CAPA-MAGNUM / MAGNUM PHOTOS INC. / 15 West 4/th Street / New York 19, N.Y."

"... Innocent victims of the guns and cannons, the beautiful / statuary out of Italy's past. (World War II Italy 1943)"

"Magnum Photos Inc. ... / (barcode) / Italy 1943 American soldiers resting amid / the rubble and statuary / ... "

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