Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012

The Acquisitions

Prints, Drawings, and Photographs: July 2011–June 2012


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Hagannah mortars opening up and smoke appears on the deck of Altalena

July, 1948
Robert Capa
Sheet: 16.5 x 24.1 cm (6 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Photograph, gelatin silver print

Classification: Photographs

Accession number: 2011.2426

Provenance/Ownership History: Ron Shaich, Brookline, MA; his gift to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 25, 2012)

Gift of Nancy and Ronald Shaich