Running lines just before the cease-fire

Robert Capa (American (born in Hungary), 1913–1954)

June, 1948

Medium/TechniquePhotograph, gelatin silver print

DimensionsSheet: 23.5 x 19.1 cm (9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.)

Credit LineGift of Nancy and Ronald Shaich

Accession number2010.1196

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsPhotographs

Collections

ProvenanceSold by Camera Lucida LLC., Scarsdale, NY to Ronald Shaich, Brookline, MA; 2010, year-end gift of Shaich to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 2011)
Copyright© International Center of Photography

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