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Fidel Castro speaking at the Teatro Chaplin, Havana

A work made of gelatin silver print.

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

1963

Artist:

René Burri
Swiss, 1933-2014

About this artwork

A member of the photographic cooperative Magnum, which enabled photographers to retain creative control of their images, René Burri traveled the world on reportage assignments. In 1963 he journeyed to Cuba for the American magazine Look—along with the French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, who was reporting for Life (no Americans were allowed entry)—and photographed Che Guevara and Fidel Castro as well as everyday citizens. This photograph of Castro, dwarfed by an arrangement of weapons and flowers, was included in Burri’s first one-man show, at the Art Institute in 1967; two years later, the museum acquired 24 of his photographs.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

René Burri

Title

Fidel Castro speaking at the Teatro Chaplin, Havana

Place

Switzerland (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1963

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image/paper: 20.8 × 31.5 cm (8 1/4 × 12 7/16 in.); Mount: 56 × 45.9 cm (22 1/16 × 18 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the artist

Reference Number

1969.85

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