The Mexican Suitcase gives the public an opportunity to experience images drawn from this famous collection of recovered negatives. In December 2007, three boxes filled with rolls of film, containing 4,500 35mm negatives of the Spanish Civil War by Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and Chim (David Seymour), which had been considered lost since 1939, arrived at the International Center of Photography. These three photographers, who lived in Paris, worked in Spain, and published internationally, laid the foundation for modern war photography. Their work has long been considered some of the most innovative and passionate coverage of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Many of the contact sheets made from the negatives are on view as part of the exhibition, which look closely at some of the major stories by Capa, Taro, and Chim as interpreted through the individual frames. These images are seen alongside the magazines of the period in which they were published and with the photographers' own contact notebooks. The exhibition is organized by ICP Curator Cynthia Young.
Availability
This exhibition is available for tour. If you are interested in finding out about availability or to reserve a slot on the tour, please contact travelingexhibitions@icp.org or 212.857.9738.
Exhibition Specs
Content: 100 contact sheets, 70 framed photographs, 60 periodicals, 2 films
Approximate running length: 300 feet/90 meters
Tour Venues
VINTAGE PRINT TOUR
Rencontres d'Arles Photographie | Arles, France
July 4–September 18, 2011
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya | Barcelona, Spain
October 6, 2011–January 15, 2012
Museo de Bellas Artes Bilbao | Bilbao, Spain
February 27–June 10, 2012
Circulo de Bellas Artes | Madrid, Spain
July 15–September 30, 2012
Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme | Paris, France
February 27–June 30, 2013
Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso | Mexico City, Mexico
October 8, 2013–February 9, 2014
CONTEMPORARY PRINT TOUR
Centre d'Art Contemporain Walter Benjamin | Perpignan, France
September 21, 2014–January 5, 2015
Open Society Archives, Central European University | Budapest, Hungary
December 18, 2015–February 21, 2016
La Caixa Cultural | São Paulo, Brazil
July 23–October 2, 2016
