21st Nov, 2025 17:00

OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2025

 
  Lot 60
 

ROBERT CAPA (1913–1954)
Liberation of Naples by US troops, Italy, September 1943

Estimate
€2,000 - €2,800
 

Buyer's premium: 20%

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Lot details

Start price: € 1,400

Estimate: € 2,000–2,800

English:

Gelatin silver print, printed in the 1970s on double-weight semi-matte paper 20.3 x 25.4 cm, in very good condition. Photographer's Magnum copyright stamp with address in New York City "72 W. 45th Street", notated "Campagne d'Italie - Septembre 1943" in black felt-tip pen, also titled "American troops - Naples liberation" in pencil, handwritten negative number "43-1-14/32" in pencil, also stamped and added in ink by hand, and stamp "Tirage Payé" on the reverse. LITERATURE Robert Capa, War & Peace, cat. ed. by ICP to the 30th Anniversary of his death, Tokyo 1984, p. 77 (ill. 189 from the same film roll).

Deutsch:

Silbergelatineabzug, geprintet in den 1970ern auf kartonstarkem, halbmattem Papier 20,3 x 25,4 cm, in sehr gutem Zustand. Rückseitig Magnum-Fotografenstempel mit Adresse in New York City "72 W. 45th Street", handschriftlich betitelt "Campagne d'Italie - Septembre 1943" mit schwarzem Filzstift sowie "American troops - Naples liberation" mit Bleistift, Negativ-Nummer "43-1-14/32" mit Bleistift sowie gestempelt mit handschriftlicher Ergänzung mit Tinte. LITERATUR Robert Capa, War & Peace, Kat. des ICP aus Anlass seines 30. Todestages, Tokio 1984, S. 77 (Abb. 189 von derselben Filmrolle).

Image Size: 15.6 x 24.1 cm

 

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

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