Robert Capa
Chiunzi Pass, above Maiori, Sorrento peninsula, Italy

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

CultureAmerican

Titles

Chiunzi Pass, above Maiori, Sorrento peninsula, Italy

DateSeptember 1943, printed 1955–1962

PlaceItaly

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 × 13 1/2 in. (22.9 × 34.3 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Kevin Lilly and Avalon Advisors at "One Great Night in November, 2006" in honor of First Lieutenant Brian Riva and the 303rd Attack Helicopter Squadron USMC

Object number2006.637

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.
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 #78543 MAP / TO BE RETURNED."

"Photograph By / Robert Capa / © MAGNUM PHOTOS, INC. / ... N.Y.C. ... "

"Magnum Photos, inc. (c) 1998 Robert Capa / barcode / ...soldiers standing in a line / looking through binoculars."

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