ROBERT CAPA (1913–1954) Wounded Loyalist, Madrid 1936

Gelatin silver print, printed in the 1960s 19,5 x 25 cm Photographer's agency stamp and press stamp on the reverse Die Mitglieder der Internationalen Brigaden in der Nähe des Universitätscampus im nördlichen Stadtrand von Madrid. Ein Mitglied der Brigade hilft einem verletzten Kameraden. Die faschistischen Rebellen hatten eine große Offensive gestartet um Madrid zu erobern. November-Dezember 1936 / Members of the International Brigades by a slaughterhouse, near the university campus, in the Northern outskirts of the capital. A member of the Brigade is helping a wounded comrade. The Fascist rebels were mounting a major offense in order to capture Madrid. November-December 1936 LITERATURE Richard Whelan (ed.), Robert Capa – The definitive collection, London 2001, p. 99; Robert Capa, History in the Making (exhibition catalogue), Budapest 2009, p. 96; Robert Capa, Images of War, 1970, p. 36; Cornell Capa / Richard Whelan (eds.), Robert Capa. Photographs, 1985, p. 47.