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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.21
People
Robert Capa, American (Budapest, Hungary 1913 - 1954 Thai Binh, North Vietnam)
Title
Untitled (American soldier, St.-Saveur-le-Vicomte, Normandy)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
June 16, 1944
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Normandy
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/320568

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 21.4 x 16.6 cm (8 7/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
sheet: 23 x 18 cm (9 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • (not assigned): typescript paper attached to verso of print: 729124 WP ..........................NEW YORK BUREAU
    DOESN'T MIND THE HEAT. SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE --ALTHOUGH FIRES ARE RAGING IN THE SMOKE-FILLED STREET BEHIND HIM, THIS COMPANY OFFICER OF AN AMERICAN PARATROOP FORCE CALMLY PERCHES ON THE FENDERS OF A WRECKED CAR AND MAKES NOTES FOR THE REPORT HE WILL PRESENT TO HIS SUPERIORS. PARATROOPERS AND AIRBORNE INFANTRYMEN WERE GIVEN A LARGE SHARE OF THE CREDIT FOR ALLIED SUCCESSES IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THE INVASION.
    #1 DJN SA 70 LV CAN CREDIT LINE--WP--(ACME) 7/3/44 (RK)
  • (not assigned): verso, center, in red ink: ACME NEWSPICTURES, Inc. 461 Eighth Ave., New York City. Please credit "ACME Photo". This picture is sold to you for your publication only and must not be loaned, syndicated or used for advertising purposes without written permission from us.
  • (not assigned): verso, top, in graphite: ROBERT CAPA R1679.92

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard and Ronay Menschel Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.21
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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