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Auction archive: Lot number 17

ROBERT CAPA (1913-1954)

Estimate
€800 - €900
ca. US$1,155 - US$1,299
Price realised:
€850
ca. US$1,227
Auction archive: Lot number 17

ROBERT CAPA (1913-1954)

Estimate
€800 - €900
ca. US$1,155 - US$1,299
Price realised:
€850
ca. US$1,227
Beschreibung:

John, Mont St-Michel, juillet 1944 Chambre noire de Life Épreuve argentique d'époque, 138x128 mm, cachet militaire John at Mont Saint-Michel, July 1944 Printed in Life's London Office Darkroom Vintage gelatin silver print, 138x128 mm, wartime press censor wetstamp with date ?Passed for Publication'- I love it. A photo Capa took of me at Mont Saint- Michel. This is printed from one of the eleven negatives that I saved from Bob Capa's coverage of the landing on Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. The four rolls of 35 mm were accidentally damaged in Life's London office darkroom. Ten negatives remain at the International Center of Photography. Two survivors of the landing have claimed to be the one soldier in the photo.

Auction archive: Lot number 17
Auction:
Datum:
30 Apr 2011
Auction house:
Giquello
5 rue La Boétie
75008 Paris
France
info@betg.fr
+33 (0)1 47427801
+33 (0)1 47428755
Beschreibung:

John, Mont St-Michel, juillet 1944 Chambre noire de Life Épreuve argentique d'époque, 138x128 mm, cachet militaire John at Mont Saint-Michel, July 1944 Printed in Life's London Office Darkroom Vintage gelatin silver print, 138x128 mm, wartime press censor wetstamp with date ?Passed for Publication'- I love it. A photo Capa took of me at Mont Saint- Michel. This is printed from one of the eleven negatives that I saved from Bob Capa's coverage of the landing on Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. The four rolls of 35 mm were accidentally damaged in Life's London office darkroom. Ten negatives remain at the International Center of Photography. Two survivors of the landing have claimed to be the one soldier in the photo.

Auction archive: Lot number 17
Auction:
Datum:
30 Apr 2011
Auction house:
Giquello
5 rue La Boétie
75008 Paris
France
info@betg.fr
+33 (0)1 47427801
+33 (0)1 47428755
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