Elliott Erwitt (1928-2023); 'Havana, Cuba (Che Guevara)';

Elliott Erwitt (1928-2023) 'Havana, Cuba (Che Guevara)', 1964 Gelatin silver print, printed later; signed in ink in the margin, signed, titled, and dated in pencil on the reverse, framed, a Boca Raton Museum of Art label on the reverse. 21 5/8 x 14 5/8 in. (54.9 x 37.1 cm.) sheet 23 7/8 x 19 5/8 in. (60.6 x 49.8 cm.) Footnotes: Provenance The photographer to Richard Coplan, circa 2012 Literature Elliott Erwitt, Elliott Erwitt: Personal Best (Kempen, 2009), p. 181 Elliott Erwitt, Sequentially Yours, Elliott Erwitt (Kempen, 2011), p. 85 Exhibited Elliott Erwitt: Photographs from the Collection of Richard Coplan and Martin R. Mallinger, Boca Raton Museum of Art, 9 November 2014 - 11 January 2015 The Art of Observation: The Best of Photographer Elliott Erwitt, D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts / Springfield Museums, 9 November 2019 - 12 January 2020; Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, 17 September - 31 December 2022 Note Elliott Erwitt first traveled to Cuba in 1964 in the wake of the revolution. He arrived in Havana with a Canadian film crew to take photographs of the leaders who had recently overturned the government. His portraits of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara capture both men smoking. Erwitt recounted, 'Of course they had charisma. To mount a revolution and to win requires charisma plus. They were totally open. I just sat around with the boys for about a week and took a lot of snaps. They're kind of imposing chaps.' For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing