Robert Capa
Chinese Boy Scouts
1937
Scroll
Robert Capa
Chinese Boy Scouts
1937
Physical Qualities
Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 355 x 280 mm. (14 x 11 in.)
Image: 330 x 260 mm. (13 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Life Magazine, 1938
Object Number
1977.29.20
Published in "China versus Japan [Sino-Japanese War]," Life, Vol. 4, No. 20, May 16, 1938, p. 15
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Looking through the Lens: Photography 1900-1960," 16 March - 8 June 2008.
Inscribed: Verso: at upper left, in graphite: "#14 0 8 7 [7 circled]"; at lower center, in graphite: "5.16.38 / Chinese Boy Scouts / Capa"
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 lower center, stamped in red ink: "LIFE"
