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Robert Capa
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- Robert Capa
- 'Madrid', Winter 1936-1937
- The photographer's Photo Robert Capa stamp and number '10-' in red pencil on verso.
Stamped - Ferrotyped GSP
- Paper and image: 24 x 17 cm
Vintage ferrotyped silver print. With the photographer's stamp and annotated 10 in red crayon on the reverse.
Provenance
Photographs, Sotheby's, October 5th, 2011, Lot 94
Literature
Robert Capa, The Definitive Collection, New York, Phaidon, 2001, ill. p. 111.
Condition
This print is in overall good to very good condition. With light surface scratches and handling marks throughout the print, and with a minor scratch (approx. 10 cm) in the upper left quadrant, only visible in raking light. With undulation to the paper in the lower right quadrant and slightly softened corners and edges. There are remnants of tape along the top edge on the recto and verso.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Arguably the greatest combat photographer in history, Robert Capa covered five wars: the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Second World War, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and the First Indochina War. Renowned for his emotional images of front-line action, he risked his own life whilst documenting and personalising the struggle of the individual in war. This photograph was taken during the nationalist offensive on Madrid (November 1936- February 1937) which was one of the most ferocious of the entire war.
“The horrific tendency of modern warfare is to depersonalize. Soldiers can use their weapons of mass destruction only because they have learned to conceptualize their victims not as individuals but as a category – the enemy. Capa’s strategy was to repersonalize war – to emphasize that those who suffer the effects of war are individuals with whom the viewer of the photographs cannot help but identify.” – Richard Whelan, “Robert Capa in Spain”, in Heart of Spain, published by Aperture.