CATEGORY: PHOTOGRAPHS
Liborio Noval (1934-2012) - Che Guevara, Official State Portrait, 1961/1962
Creator:
Liborio Noval (1934, Havana, Cuba - 2012, Havana, Cuba)
Object:
Photograph, gelatin silver print
Country:
Cuba
Design period:
1961
Production period:
1964
Identifying marks:
Signed and dated on verso
Style:
Portraits
Condition:
In stable, restored condition. The print has been professionally restored. All edges are stabilised. Some folds remain visible (mainly right side - see scans), silvering in the dark parts, but overall it's in great shape for a print this age.
Material:
Gelatin silver print on baryta photographic paper
Colour:
Black & White
Dimensions:
W 27.5 x H 33.0 cm | Matted: W 40.0 x H 50.0 cm
Biography
Liborio Noval Barbera was born in Havana on January 29, 1934. His long and distinguished career started off as a market researcher for the Siboney Advertising Agency in Havana in 1952, before moving to the photography department where he worked until the late 1950’s. In 1959, Noval became a photojournalist for the newspaper Revolución and INRA magazine, and continued working there until 2003. He has covered virtually every major event in Cuba and received thirty-two national as well as three international awards. The illustrious Olorun Cubano, a special award recognizing his lifelong contribution to photography, was presented to Noval in 2000 by the Cuban Foundation for the Photographic Image. Liborio Noval has traveled extensively around the world and is a founding member of the Cuban Journalists Union and the Cuban Union of Writers and Artists. As the longest serving photographer to Castro, he has had the rare opportunity to capture the island’s unfolding story over half a century. Noval also served as a war correspondent in Vietnam and Nicaragua. His photographs have appeared in national and international magazines, as well as in numerous books on Cuba and have been sold at esteemed auction houses, like in 2012 at Westlicht Auktion.
Liborio Noval (1934-2012) - Che Guevara, Official State Portrait, 1961/1962
Creator:
Liborio Noval (1934, Havana, Cuba - 2012, Havana, Cuba)
Object:
Photograph, gelatin silver print
Country:
Cuba
Design period:
1961
Production period:
1964
Identifying marks:
Signed and dated on verso
Style:
Portraits
Condition:
In stable, restored condition. The print has been professionally restored. All edges are stabilised. Some folds remain visible (mainly right side - see scans), silvering in the dark parts, but overall it's in great shape for a print this age.
Material:
Gelatin silver print on baryta photographic paper
Colour:
Black & White
Dimensions:
W 27.5 x H 33.0 cm | Matted: W 40.0 x H 50.0 cm
Biography
Liborio Noval Barbera was born in Havana on January 29, 1934. His long and distinguished career started off as a market researcher for the Siboney Advertising Agency in Havana in 1952, before moving to the photography department where he worked until the late 1950’s. In 1959, Noval became a photojournalist for the newspaper Revolución and INRA magazine, and continued working there until 2003. He has covered virtually every major event in Cuba and received thirty-two national as well as three international awards. The illustrious Olorun Cubano, a special award recognizing his lifelong contribution to photography, was presented to Noval in 2000 by the Cuban Foundation for the Photographic Image. Liborio Noval has traveled extensively around the world and is a founding member of the Cuban Journalists Union and the Cuban Union of Writers and Artists. As the longest serving photographer to Castro, he has had the rare opportunity to capture the island’s unfolding story over half a century. Noval also served as a war correspondent in Vietnam and Nicaragua. His photographs have appeared in national and international magazines, as well as in numerous books on Cuba and have been sold at esteemed auction houses, like in 2012 at Westlicht Auktion.
LIBORIO NOVAL (1934-2012)
Ché Guevara, official state portrait, signed, 1961/1962
Ché Guevara, official state portrait, signed, 1961/1962
€ 850,00