Robert Capa photograph of a performance by the Israeli Philharmonic
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 7.875 inches (20.003 cm) | Width: 10.125 inches (25.718 cm)
Creator(s)
- Robert Capa (Photographer)
Archival History
The photograph was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Dr. Mark Reichman.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mark Reichman
Scope and Content
Photographic print by Robert Capa taken of the Israeli Philharmonic in Ramat Gan, a suburb of Tel Aviv in August 1949. It was published as part of a promotional piece: "Israel's First Year: A Report on a New State."
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Black and white photographic print of a concert featuring a large group of seated musicians in white shirts playing their instruments; a conductor stands on a podium in the front of the group. The stage proscenium and the first row of silhouetted audience members is in the foreground. On the verso are 2 adhered caption labels and stamps from his agency and a previous owner, and inscriptions in graphite, grease pencil, black marker, and black and blue ink.
back, top, black crayon : THE MODERN CITY back, bottom left, pencil : RC 64 back, bottom center, pencil : 20-11 back, bottom right, pencil : 4.5 back, bottom center, pencil : Palestine (Israel) (illegible)
People
- Capa, Robert, 1913-1954.
Subjects
- Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949--Pictorial works.
- Jewish photographers--United States.
- Israel--History--1948-1967.
- War photographers--United States.
- Israel--History--Declaration of Independence, 1948--Pictorial works.
- Photojournalists--United States.
Genre
- Object
- Photographs