Robert Capa

Magnum Square Print: Robert Capa

$110.00
$110.00
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Description

A crowd gathered in front of Mr. Pierre Cloarec’s bicycle shop. The owner of the shop is racing in the Tour de France. Pleyben, Brittany, France, July 1939.

© Robert Capa / Magnum Photos

This print is estate-stamped on an archival label to ensure quality and preservation, which is affixed to the back of the print.

The edition is available for purchase between:

Monday, April 21, 09:00 a.m. EDT
to Sunday, April 27, 11:59 p.m. EDT

Specification

Format: Digital C-Print
Paper Size: 6 x 6 in (15.24 x 15.24 cm)
Image Size: 5.5 in (14 cm) on the longest side
Material: Printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Matte paper

Framing

All Magnum Square Prints come with a choice of three framing options. These contemporary custom frames are hand-crafted by expert framers.

Standard (Custom Black/White)

  • Hand-crafted black or white wooden frame (w: ~¾” h: ~⅞”)
  • Magnum Square Prints will be framed with a white, archival, made-to-measure mat
  • Includes UV plexiglass, which comes with ~99% UV protection
  • The finished frames will then be sealed using archival paper backing, wired ready for hanging and with wall-friendly footers
  • All products used in the framing are archival quality: Japanese hinging tape, archival text labels, and backing papers
  • All frames will be square with outside dimensions of 10 ⅞” x 10 ⅞” 
  • Please note, the signature or estate stamp will be hidden by the framing but a text label (without signature or estate stamp) will be affixed to the back of the frame

Premium

  • Hand-crafted premium walnut wooden frame 12mm x 19mm (½” x ¾”)
  • Magnum Square Prints will be framed with a white, archival, made-to-measure mat
  • Includes UV plexiglass, which comes with ~99% UV protection
  • The finished frames are plexiglass on both sides with the signature label mounted on the reverse, with a wire for hanging
  • All premium frames will be square with outside dimensions of  12 ½” x 12 ½” 

Please allow extra time for framing as all frames are custom made.

Shipping

Shipping Time

Prints are made throughout the sale and signed by our photographers around the world or stamped by their estates. All orders will be processed as quickly as possible.

If you have unframed Square Print(s), we will ship all orders by June 2nd, 2025.

Framed Square Prints take a bit more time to produce as all frames are handmade, we will ship all framed orders by June 17th, 2025.

After successfully placing an order, you will receive an email confirmation from Magnum. Once your order ships, you will receive another email which will include your order’s tracking information.

Shipping Method

Framed and unframed Magnum Square Prints will be shipped separately from other products ordered. All Square Print orders that ship within the U.S. will ship via USPS & UPS.

All Square Print orders that ship outside of the U.S. will ship via DHL Express, Royal Mail, or Deutsche Post. At the moment there is no postal service to Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. For more information, please visit our FAQs.

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If you are going on vacation during the shipping window, please be sure to give Magnum a shipping address where your Square Print can be safely delivered. Any items returned to Magnum can be shipped out again at cost to the customer.

Taxes and Duties

All Magnum Square Print orders ship from the USA, UK or Germany.

In some cases your order may incur customs and duties charges upon delivery. These are the responsibility of the purchaser.

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All Magnum Square Prints come with a choice of three framing options: our standard custom wooden frame in black or white, or a new premium walnut frame.

Our premium walnut frames feature plexiglass on both sides, showcasing the signature label via a cutout on the rear. All of these contemporary custom frames are hand-crafted by expert framers.
About the Photographer

Robert Capa

On 3, December 1938 Picture Post introduced The Greatest War Photographer in the World: Robert Capa with a spread of 26 photographs taken during the Spanish Civil War.

But the “greatest war photographer” hated war. Born Andre Friedmann to Jewish parents in Budapest in 1913, he studied political science at the Deutsche Hochschule für Politik in Berlin. Driven out of the country by the threat of a Nazi regime, he settled in Paris in 1933.

He was represented by Alliance Photo and met the journalist and photographer Gerda Taro. Together, they invented the ‘famous’ American photographer Robert Capa and began to sell his prints under that name. He met Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway and formed friendships with fellow photographers David ‘Chim’ Seymour and Henri Cartier-Bresson.

From 1936 onwards, Capa’s coverage of the Spanish Civil War appeared regularly. His picture of a Loyalist soldier who had just been fatally wounded earned him his international reputation and became a powerful symbol of war.

After his companion, Gerda Taro, was killed in Spain, Capa travelled to China in 1938 and emigrated to New York a year later. As a correspondent in Europe, he photographed the Second World War, covering the landing of American troops on Omaha Beach on D-Day, the liberation of Paris and the Battle of the Bulge.

In 1947, Capa founded Magnum Photos with Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Seymour, George Rodger and William Vandivert. On 25 May 1954, he was photographing for Life in Thai-Binh, Indochina, when he stepped on a landmine and was killed.

Square Print Sale: Spectacle

For this Square Print Sale, Magnum photographers explore how our attention is captured by visual displays: spectacles.

A “spectacle” can signify a show, a performance, a public display, or an act of theatre. It suggests something that we willingly observe, with curiosity, wonder, or even contempt. These images have the appeal of something “to look at,” exploring the seductiveness and magnetism of the visual image, with each opening up an opportunity for discussion. The full curation unveils the vast spectrum of spectacle in our world — from the breathtaking to the bizarre, the public to the personal.

Over 80 signed or estate-stamped, museum-quality 6x6” prints will be available online for one week, priced from $110/£110/€120.

The Spectacle Square Print Sale runs Monday, April 21 at 9 a.m. ET and ends Sunday, April 27 at 11:59 p.m.

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