Feb 10, 2022 - Sale 2594

Sale 2594 - Lot 114

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
ROBERT CAPA (1913-1954)
Paratroopers prepare for the Rhine jump. Ferrotyped silver press print, the image measuring 6x5 1/2 inches (15.2x14 cm.), the sheet 8 1/8x6 inches (20.6x15.2 cm.), with a Keystone Press Agency stamp, a Collection of B.L. Davis stamp, and a mimeographed label with Capa's credit and caption, on verso. 1945

Additional Details

From the Collection of Brian L. Davis, the author of several WWII/military books.

This image was published on p. 27 of the April 9, 1945 issue of LIFE magazine.