21st Nov, 2025 17:00

OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2025

 
  Lot 66
 

GEORGE RODGER (1908–1995)
Robert Capa during the allied liberation of Italy, Naples 1943

Estimate
€900 - €1,200
Current bid
€850
(2bids)
 

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Lot details

Start price: € 600

Estimate: € 900–1,200

English:

Gelatin silver print, printed in 1954 to illustrate the news of Robert Capa's death, on single-weight glossy paper 21.7 x 18.9 cm, in very good condition. Cropping marks in black ink, retouches and numerical annotations on the recto, handwritten and typographic photographer's credit and notes on his death, publication date stamp "May 26 1954" and newspaper clip "Death in Indochina Mud" on the reverse. LITERATURE Lívia Páldi (ed.), Így készül a történelem. History in the Making, Kat. Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Budapest 2009, p. 175 (same series). https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/objects/robert-capa-naples

Deutsch:

Silbergelatineabzug, geprintet 1954 zur Illustration der Nachricht vom Tod Robert Capas, auf dünnem, glänzendem Papier 21,7 x 18,9 cm, in sehr gutem Zustand. Ausschnittmarkierungen mit schwarzer Tinte und Retuschen im Bild, numerische Vermerke am Rand, rückseitig handschriftlich und typographisch Fotografennennung sowie Vermerke zu seinem Tod, Publikations-Datumsstempel "May 26 1954" und Zeitungsausschnitt "Death in Indochina Mud". LITERATUR Lívia Páldi (Hg.), Így készül a történelem. History in the Making, Kat. Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Budapest 2009, S. 175 (aus derselben Serie). https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/objects/robert-capa-naples

Image Size: 20.9 x 17 cm

 

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

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