Barge carrying soldiers through flooded area, Robert Capa, 1938

Title(s)

Barge carrying soldiers through flooded area

Object type

• news photograph

Object number

RP-F-2005-107-128

Inscriptions / marks

• stamp: ‘PHOTO BY:/ PIX PUBLISHING INC./ 250 PARK AVENUE/ NEW YORK CITY/ TEL.ELDORADO 5-4021/ PLEASE CREDIT ROBERT CAPA - PIX/ THIS PICTURE IS SOLD TO YOU FOR YOUR/ PUBLICATION ONLY AND MUST NOT BE/ LOANED, SYNDICATED OR USED FOR AD-/ VERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT WRITTEN/ PERMISSION FROM US.’
• annotation: ‘dubbel/ 02’

Artist

• Robert Capa (mentioned on object)
• PIX Publishing (mentioned on object)

Place

China
New York (city)

Dating

1938

Physical features

gelatin print

Material

• baryta paper

Technique

gelatin silver print

Measurements

height 197 mm × width 243 mm

What

• tow-boat, towing-barge

Where

• China

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Johan Huizinga Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 2005

Copyright

erven Robert Capa

• Zijden draad : China en Nederland 1600-2015, afb. 9.9, p. 216
• Silk thread : China and the Netherlands from 1600, fig. 9.9, p. 216
• Photography meets film : Capa, Ivens and Fernhout in China, 1938, Rixt A. Bosma, p. 46, afb. 35
• Keuze uit de aanwinsten : 20ste-eeuwse fotografie, p. 322-324