Robert Capa
American paratrooper with Mohawk-style haircut for luck and esprit de corps, Arras, France

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

CultureAmerican

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American paratrooper with Mohawk-style haircut for luck and esprit de corps, Arras, France

DateMarch 23, 1945, printed c. 1955–1962

PlaceArras, France

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 13 3/4 × 11 in. (34.9 × 27.9 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 11 in. (35.2 × 27.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Robert C. McNair in honor of the fighting spirit of the Houston Texans at "One Great Night in November, 2006"

Object number2006.640

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.

Printed and stamped labels on verso - see photocopy in accession file:

"PLEASE CREDIT / ROBERT CAPA-MAGNUM / MAGNUM PHOTOS, INC. ... "

"Magnum photos Inc. (c)1945 Robert Capa / barcode) / Arras, FRANCE March 23 1945. an American paratrooper / ready to bboard a plane for a jump into Germany"

"... Prepared for the take off, and american paratrooper of the / 17th Airborne Division waits to aboard his plane which will carry / him to his destination: ... territory across the Rhine River to begin / the Invasion of Germany. ...(World War II ... March 1945)"

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