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Robert Capa photograph of an elderly stone mason cutting a road for Israeli soldiers

Object | Accession Number: 2005.594.2

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    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    Photographic print by Robert Capa depicting Israeli soldiers waiting for a stone mason to assemble his compressor to cut stones for a new road to Jerusalem in June 1948. It was published as part of a photojournalistic essay: ‘‘A Tale of Two Cities’’, in July 1948 in the London magazine, Illustrated, with text by Irwin Shaw. It records the last hours in Jerusalem before the cease fire, when the city and the mountain road was being bombed and under constant fire.
    Artwork Title
    Stone mason preparing to cut stones for the new road to Jerusalem
    Date
    depiction:  1948 June
    publication/distribution:  1948 July 03
    Geography
    creation: Jerusalem
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mark Reichman
    Markings
    back, top , blue ink, typed on attached paper : Palestine War; Scenes in Jerusalem. (underlined) Pics by Rbt Capa / Rbt Capa records the last hours in Jerusalem before the Cease Fire, / when the city was subject to the cruellest bombardment of the / siege. The city is still linked to Israel by a mountain road / that is under constant fire.
    back, center, black ink, typed on attached paper : 5. / Old Jewish stone mason from Jerusalem preparing the compressor to cut / the stones. Patrol of soldiers moving up on the freshly cut road.
    back, bottom, black ink, stamped : SEE / -3 JUL 1948 / ILLUSTRATED
    back, bottom, black ink, stamped : PROPERTY OF THE / PERIODICALS ART LIBRARY, / 191, HIGH HOLBORN, W.C.1. / MUST BE RETURNED UNDAMAGED
    back, bottom, blue ink, typed on attached paper : FILE AP / FILE PALESTINE WAR 1948 JEWS SEIGE OF JERUSALEM JUNE 1948 (underlined)
    Contributor
    Photographer: Robert Capa

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Classification
    Photographs
    Physical Description
    Black and white photographic print of a scene in the countryside outside Jerusalem. On recto is an image of a man in a soldier's uniform and helmet on the left watching a bearded man wearing a helmet and work clothes seated on the right assembling equipment. More machine parts are on the rock and grass covered ground between them. Three men in soldiers uniforms stand in the background. On the verso are 3 adhered caption labels and stamps from his agency and a previous owner, and inscriptions in graphite and black and blue ink.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm) | Width: 16.000 inches (40.64 cm)
    pictorial area: Height: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)
    Materials
    overall : gelatin silver print, mat board, paper, adhesive, ink, graphite
    Inscription
    back, top left, blue ink, handwritten : (illegible text) 5.
    back, top right, pencil : T1555

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    No restrictions on access
    Conditions on Use
    Restrictions on use

    Keywords & Subjects

    Geographic Name
    Israel--History--1948-1967.
    Personal Name
    Capa, Robert, 1913-1954.

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The photograph was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Dr. Mark Reichman.
    Record last modified:
    2023-07-10 11:22:06
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