Lot 47
  • 47

Robert Capa (1913-1954)

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Robert Capa
  • Two views of the Allied advance through France after the Normandy Landings, 1944
Two silver prints, each bearing a stamped credit 'Robert Capa British News Service' upon a label affixed to the reverse. The labels in addition bearing typescript caption information. Individually framed.

Catalogue Note

In the image of the British soldier introduced to a suitably grateful French child, the central figure leaning over the perambulator is Capa's distinguished colleague and co-founder of the Magnum photographic agency, George Rodger.