Original press photograph of Che Guevara, 1961

  • N.p.: N.p., 1961
By Ernesto "Che" Guevara (subject)
N.p.: N.p., 1961. Vintage press photograph of Che Guevara drinking a Coke, 1961. Newspaper clipping affixed to the verso, with a date stamp reading August 12, 1961.

Guevara was at that time in Punta del Este, Uruguay, for the Economic and Social Inter-American Conference. The Cuban leader gave a speech opposing US President Kennedy's "Alliance for Progress" proposal, which Guevara believed to be a plan to subjugate Cuba to US economic interests.

From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.

7.25 x 9 inches, archivally mounted in a white mat measuring 11 x 14 inches. Very Good, with a diagonal crease along the bottom left corner.

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