Alberto Korda - Signed Photo - Che Guevara - Guerrillero Heroico

Alberto KORDA (1928 – 2001), famous Cuban photographer whose emblematic portrait of Che Guevara remained as one of the most famous photos in history
Che Guevara “El Guerrillero Heroico”
Later silver print signed in fine marker in the margins. Famous photograph of Che Guevara immortalized on March 5, 1960 by Cuban photographer Alberto Korda, this charismatic portrait of Che with his dark and rebellious gaze traveled around the world and transcended time. Korda tells us that a demonstration was organized by Fidel Castro in tribute to the victims of the sabotage of the French ship La Coubre which was anchored in Cuban waters. A platform had been set up, it was then that Che Guevara appeared in the background of Fidel Castro who was in the company of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre. His dark and intense gaze was captured on the spot by the photographer. But this photo was not retained by the revolutionary newspaper “Revolución” which only published it in February 1961. Its notoriety was acquired after the death of the revolutionary, on October 9, 1967, when the Italian publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, who had bought the summer before a set of photos of Che Guevara with Korda, printed the portrait on several posters which he sold thousands of copies. The legend was in progress. Photographer's dry stamps, two on the front and two others on the back. Dimensions including margins: 30.5 x 40.3 cm Good condition