Burri René (1933 - 2014) - Cuba, 1993
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Rare and magnificent photogravure by the renowned photographer René Burri from Magnum agency, famous worldwide for his portrait of 'Che' with a cigar.
Iconic limited edition print sold out in the market in Cuba in 1993.
Description :
Photogravure on thick, glossy paper, art-quality printing.
Photo credit: Magnum Agency
Author(s): René Burri
Editor: Magnum Agency Fund
Publication: 2001
Condition: Excellent (never framed since 2001), see photos.
Dimensions: 34.8 cm x 29.7 cm
Shipping: Professional, careful and secure packaging with tracking number and insurance via UPS or Colissimo.
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About the artist :
Swiss photographer René Burri was born in 1933. At the age of 13, he photographed Winston Churchill in Zurich. He completed his photography training at the School of Applied Arts in Zurich.
In 1955, Burri drew international attention with one of his early reports, 'Touch of Music for the Deaf,' about the music educator Mimi Scheiblauer's classes for deaf-mute children, published in Life magazine. Burri became an associate of Magnum in 1955 and a full member in 1959.
During his travels across Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Latin America, and North America, he covered historical events such as Leonid Brezhnev's visit to Cuba in 1974, the fiftieth anniversary of the Long March in China in 1985, and the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Tiananmen Square events in 1989. Among many other subjects, he portrayed Maria Callas, Alberto Giacometti, Yves Klein, Le Corbusier, and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara. His portrait of the revolutionary with his cigar became known worldwide.
Burri's first book, The Germans, was published by Fretz & Wasmuth in Zurich in 1962, and the following year by Robert Delpire in Paris under the title The Germans. Many international magazines also publish his reports. In 1965, Burri participated in the creation of Magnum Films and spent six months in China, where he shot the film The Two Faces of China, produced by the BBC.
He received numerous awards and honors, including the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1991, the Dr. Erich Salomon Prize from the German Photographic Society in 1998, the Swiss Press Photo Life Achievement Award in 2011, and the Leica Hall of Fame Award in 2013.
In 2013, he founded the René Burri Foundation, which preserves his entire body of work and is located at Photo Elysée in Lausanne, where the retrospective Explosions of Sight was held in 2020. Burri passed away in Zurich at the age of 81 on October 20, 2014.
Rare and magnificent photogravure by the renowned photographer René Burri from Magnum agency, famous worldwide for his portrait of 'Che' with a cigar.
Iconic limited edition print sold out in the market in Cuba in 1993.
Description :
Photogravure on thick, glossy paper, art-quality printing.
Photo credit: Magnum Agency
Author(s): René Burri
Editor: Magnum Agency Fund
Publication: 2001
Condition: Excellent (never framed since 2001), see photos.
Dimensions: 34.8 cm x 29.7 cm
Shipping: Professional, careful and secure packaging with tracking number and insurance via UPS or Colissimo.
Worldwide shipping
About the artist :
Swiss photographer René Burri was born in 1933. At the age of 13, he photographed Winston Churchill in Zurich. He completed his photography training at the School of Applied Arts in Zurich.
In 1955, Burri drew international attention with one of his early reports, 'Touch of Music for the Deaf,' about the music educator Mimi Scheiblauer's classes for deaf-mute children, published in Life magazine. Burri became an associate of Magnum in 1955 and a full member in 1959.
During his travels across Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Latin America, and North America, he covered historical events such as Leonid Brezhnev's visit to Cuba in 1974, the fiftieth anniversary of the Long March in China in 1985, and the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Tiananmen Square events in 1989. Among many other subjects, he portrayed Maria Callas, Alberto Giacometti, Yves Klein, Le Corbusier, and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara. His portrait of the revolutionary with his cigar became known worldwide.
Burri's first book, The Germans, was published by Fretz & Wasmuth in Zurich in 1962, and the following year by Robert Delpire in Paris under the title The Germans. Many international magazines also publish his reports. In 1965, Burri participated in the creation of Magnum Films and spent six months in China, where he shot the film The Two Faces of China, produced by the BBC.
He received numerous awards and honors, including the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1991, the Dr. Erich Salomon Prize from the German Photographic Society in 1998, the Swiss Press Photo Life Achievement Award in 2011, and the Leica Hall of Fame Award in 2013.
In 2013, he founded the René Burri Foundation, which preserves his entire body of work and is located at Photo Elysée in Lausanne, where the retrospective Explosions of Sight was held in 2020. Burri passed away in Zurich at the age of 81 on October 20, 2014.
Details
Date of print
2001
Artist
Burri René (1933 - 2014)
Sold by
Gallery
Title of artwork
Cuba, 1993
Condition
Fine
Technique
Photogravure
Height
34.8 cm
Edition
Magnum Photos agency funds
Width
29.7 cm
Signature
Not signed
Genre
Fine art photography
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