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March 9th Fine art sale.
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A master photojournalist and war photographer, Robert Capa made many of the iconic images of the first half of the twentieth century. This image is a beautiful, whimsical portrait of Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot walking on a beach in France. Capa portrays Picasso and Gilot with levity and rich tonal ranges, making them seem as alive in the photograph as they were in France in 1948. This gelatin-silver print is stamped and initialed by Cornell Capa. This gelatin-silver print is accompanied by a hardcover copy of Robert Capa: Photographs and a vellum overlay with copyright text Robert Capa was born in 1913 in Budapest. Driven from Hungary by political oppression, he was first recognized for photographing the Spanish Civil War. Many know Capa for his powerful photograph of the death of a Spanish militiaman, which shocked the world with its intimacy and drama. In 1938 he recorded the Japanese invasions of China; and during World War II worked in London, North Africa, Italy, and then France covering D-Day on Omaha Beach, the liberation of Paris, and the Battle of the Bulge. In 1947, Capa co-founded the cooperative Magnum Photos which would become the world's most prestigious photographic agency. As a Magnum photographer and a Jewish émigré, Capa covered the creation of Israel in 1948. Away from the battle site, Capa was surrounded throughout his life by such luminaries as Ernest Hemmingway, Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, and Pablo Picasso. In 1954, on assignment for Life magazine, Capa went to Vietnam, where he was killed by a land mine. PLEASE NOTE: * THIS AUCTION STARTS ON SUNDAY MARCH 9, 2008 AT 11:30 A.M. EST. ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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