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Dead Chinese Boy

Robert Capa

Dead Chinese Boy

1937

Scroll

Robert Capa

Dead Chinese Boy

1937

Physical Qualities Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 355 × 280 mm. (14 × 11 in.) Image: 335 × 260 mm. (13 3/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Life Magazine, 1938
Object Number 1977.29.17
Published in "A Victory Makes Taierhchwang China's Most Famous Village," Life, Vol. 4, No. 21, May 23, 1938, p. 19
BMA, "Recent Acquisitions from the Museum's Photograph Collection," 14 June - 6 August, 1978; Traveling 1 September - 3 October, 1978.

Artist

Robert Capa

1912–1953

American, born Hungary, 1913-1954
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