1983 Che Hoy y Siempre Una foto recorre el mundo Che Guevara Cuban Film Silkscreen

Date: 1983 Artist: Ñiko (born Antonio Pérez González) Size (in): 30” x 20” Size (cm): 76.2 cm x 50.8 cm Condition: B+/B Linen backed: No This vintage silkscreen poster was created by influential and prolific Cuban graphic artist Ñiko for the 1983 Cuban short documentary film Una foto recorre el mundo (A Photo Travels Around the World) directed by Pedro Chaskel. The film also has the alternate title Che Hoy Y Siempre and centers on the history, cultural impact, and global legacy of the iconic portrait of Ernesto "Che" Guevara taken by Cuban photographer Alberto Korda. Korda took the photo of Guevara on March 5, 1960 at a ceremony honoring victims of the French ship La Coubre which had exploded in Havana harbor the day before while unloading a cargo of Belgian munitions. The film premiered outside of Cuba in Denmark in 1984. This vintage original poster is free of tape or pinholes and shows moderate handling wear including a few small scuffs and some slight lateral creasing. The original colors are retained and overall condition is very good.