Jean Moral (1906-1999) Spanish Civil War, October 1938. University campus, Madrid. Interior facade of the medical pavilion ripped open by mortars. Republican soldiers and Joseph Kessel in the casemates. Lookout. Stretcher-bearers in the infirmary. Four (4) vintage silver prints on Agfa-Brovira paper. Stamped "Jean Moral - Paris" and negative numbers on versos. Sizes : from 26.3 x 23.5 to 28.5 x 23 cm Provenance: Brigitte Moral, daughter of Jean Moral. Bibliography : Michel Lefebvre, Kessel, Moral. Deux reporters dans la guerre d'Espagne, Paris, Tallandier, 2006, pp. 111, 116, 119, 137, 141. Three images are reproduced in the November 17, 1938 issue of Match magazine, which published Joseph Kessel and Jean Moral's report on the fighting in Madrid.

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