CAPA (Robert) — HEART OF SPAIN. ROBERT CAPA'S PHOTOGRAPHS OF - Lot 54

CAPA (Robert) — HEART OF SPAIN. ROBERT CAPA'S PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR CAPA (Robert). Heart of Spain. Robert Capa's Photographs of the Spanish Civil War. From the Collection of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. New York, Aperture, [1999]. Large oblong quarto, red publisher’s hardcover with photographic dust jacket. ISBN 1-93178-806-5. A major publication entirely devoted to the photographs taken by Robert Capa during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), drawn from the collections of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. With introductory texts by Esperanza Aguirre Gil de Biedma, José Guirao Cabrera, and Cornell Capa, and essays by Juan P. Fusi Aizpúrua, Richard Whelan, and Catherine Coleman. Extensive black-and-white illustrations featuring images that have become iconic in Capa’s war reporting, as well as lesser-known photographs and documents from his notebooks. The book also discusses the work of Gerda Taro. Condition: very good overall condition; slight wear and tear on the dust jacket, interior in very fresh condition.