Robert Capa
Hankow Victory Parade
1938
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Robert Capa
Hankow Victory Parade
1938
Physical Qualities
Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 355 x 280 mm. (14 x 11 in.)
Image: 335 x 260 mm. (13 3/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Life Magazine, 1938
Object Number
1977.29.22
This photograph correspond to the first of two Robert Capa photo essays on the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) that were published in Life in May 1938. Hankow Victory Parade shows the celebrations that honored China’s first major victory since the Japanese invasion. The boy scouts carry large-scale portraits of Sun Yat-sen (1866 –1925), “the sainted founder of the Chinese Republic.”
BMA, "Recent Acquisitions from the Museum's Photograph Collection," 14 June - 6 August, 1978; Traveling 1 September - 3 October, 1978.
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Looking through the Lens: Photography 1900-1960," 16 March - 8 June 2008.
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Looking through the Lens: Photography 1900-1960," 16 March - 8 June 2008.
Inscribed: Verso: at upper right, in graphite: "#140-8 2 [2 circled]; at left, in graphite: "5/16/38 Hankow-victory parade"; at lower center, in graphite: "China's Taierchwang Victory"
Markings: Verso: at center, stamped in black ink: "PHOTO BY: / PIX PUBLISHING INC. / 250 PARK AVENUE / NEW YORK CITY / TEL. EDORADO 5-4021 / PLEASE CREDIT ROBERT CAPA - PIX / THIS PICTURE IS SOLD TO YOU FOR YOUR / PUBLICATION ONLY AND MUST NOT BE LOANED, SYNDICATED OR USED FOR AD-/VERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT WRITTEN / PERMISSION FROM US."; at left, stamped in red ink: "LIFE"
