LUIS KORDA

LUIS KORDA
(Manzanillo 1912–1985 Havanna)Fidel Castro and Camilo Cienfuegos, 1959.Gelatin silver print. Vintage. Fix mounted on firm card.50 × 39.8 cm.Signed “Korda' upper left. The verso stamped 'Studios Korda'.Literature:
- Reynaldo Lugo Mendoza (ed.). Camilo, barbudos. Havanna, 1996 (ill. p. 30).
- Christophe Loviny. Korda sieht Kuba. Munich, 2002 (ill. p. 51).
- Carlos Menendez und Perfecto Romero (ed.). Camilo. El hombre, el héroe. Valencia, 2007 (ill. p. 19).
- Cristina Vives and Mark Sanders (ed.). Korda. A Revolutionary Lens. Göttingen, 2008 (ill. p. 40).

Provenance:
- Acquired in Cuba in the 1980s.
- Austrian collection.

Exhibited:
- Westlicht Museum, Vienna, 27.5. - 31.7.2008.
- J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 17.5.-2.10.2011.
- Horbach Stiftung, Cologne, 8.11.2013-10.1.2014.

Colour spots at left margin, slight retouching in places, slight oxidation mirroring in the margins at left, faint foxing in upper margin. Overall in very good condition.