21st Nov, 2025 17:00

OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2025

 
  Lot 56
 

ROBERT CAPA (1913–1954)
Women protesting against war, Paris 1936

Estimate
€2,400 - €3,600
 

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Lot details

Start price: € 1,800

Estimate: € 2,400–3,600

English:

Gelatin silver print, printed in the 1960s on double-weight semi-matte paper, in good condition. Photographer's name stamp, stamp "Portfolio", several handwritten dated "14 Julliet 1936" by an unidentified hand and numerical notes in pencil and ink on the reverse.

This early work by Robert Capa – his photographs taken during the Spanish Civil War in the same year launched his career – shows a peace march by women's associations in Paris, which took place as part of the "Unity Demonstration" of the Front Populaire on 14 July. Various left-wing parties had joined forces and emerged victorious from the French elections in the spring of 1936. Léon Blum became France's first socialist prime minister in the Popular Front government. For the first time, there were (three) women in government - at a time when women in France did not yet have the right to vote. Capa's early works as a photojournalist in Paris during this era are important historical documents.

Deutsch:

Silbergelatineabzug, geprintet in den 1960ern auf kartonstarkem, halbmattem Papier, in gutem Zustand. Rückseitig Fotografenstempel, Stempel "Portfolio", handschriftlich mit Bleistift von unbekannter Hand datiert "14 Julliet 1936" sowie weitere Vermerke mit Bleistift und Tinte.

Das seltene Frühwerk von Capa – seine Aufnahmen im spanischen Bürgerkrieg vom September desselben Jahres begründeten seine Karriere – zeigt einen Friedensmarsch von Frauenverbänden in Paris, die im Rahmen der "Einheitsdemonstration" der Front Populaire am 14. Juli stattfand. Verschiedene linke Parteien hatten sich zusammengeschlossen und waren aus den französischen Wahlen im Frühling 1936 als Sieger hervorgegangen. Léon Blum wurde der erste sozialistische Premierminister Frankreichs in der Regierung der Volksfront. Zum ersten Mal waren damals (drei) Frauen in der Regierung – zu einem Zeitpunkt, als Frauen in Frankreich noch kein Wahlrecht besaßen. Capas frühe Arbeiten als Fotojournalist dieser Ära in Paris sind wichtige historische Dokumente.

Image Size: 23.1 x 34.1 cm

 

Auction: OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2025, 21st Nov, 2025

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