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Air Raid, Barcelona, Spain

Artist Robert Capa (American, born Hungary, 1913 - 1954)
Date1936
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 × 13 13/16 inches (27.94 × 35.08 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 19 13/16 inches (40.48 × 50.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.996
SignedSigned on sheet recto, lower right, in blind stamp: "Robert Capa"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "11-2-71" / "2".
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DescriptionImage of a woman holding the hand of a young girl as they cross the street. The woman looks up towards the sky. Other adults stand on the sidewalk behind them and a car is parked center right.Provenance
Cornell Capa, New York, NY;
Purchased from Cornell Capa by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1971;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Copyright© Robert Capa © International Center of Photography/Magnum Photos
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