Apr 12, 2018 - Sale 2473

Sale 2473 - Lot 249

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(CUBA.) Salas, Osvaldo and Roberto; photographers. Group of 9 limited-edition photographs of Castro's Cuba. Silver prints, 16 x 20 inches, photographer's facsimile signatures and captions in lower margin, signatures of Roberto Salas on verso with two of his embossed stamps, each with "special edition" or "limited edition" on verso, two with limitation numbers as noted. Havana, images 1959-67, printed in 1997 and undated
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Osvando Salas (1914-1992) and his son Roberto (born 1940) were among the premier photographers of the Cuban Revolution. By Osvaldo Salas: Calsa de Marti, 1961 Santiago, 1960 [Che Guevara], 1963 (#16 of 50) Tres Hermanos, 1963 [Guevara, Raúl Castro, and Fidel Castro].
By Roberto Salas: Santeria #2, 1961 Ho Chi Minh, 1967 (#12 of 25, printed 1997) La Hamaca [Castro in a hammock], 1965 [Castro with dog], 1965 New York, 1959.