Evgeniy Dolmatovski - Руки Гевары / Las Manos de Guevara - 1974

This outstanding propaganda photobook was published to commemorate the charismatic Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara. Taking the form of a poem to the revolutionary legacy of Che, who was killed in Bolivia in 1967 as he tried to spread Revolution throughout Latin America, this rare photobook is an amazing example of photography, graphic design and art in the service of propaganda. The elements of the book is designed to produce an inspirational narrative that insists that even though Che may be dead his immortal legacy lives on and the communist revolution is inevitable.

After his assassination, Guevara's hands were removed for the purposes of identification (his severed hands were sent to Buenos Aires for fingerprint identification) before his body was buried in secret, inspiring the title of this book. The poem by Evgeniy Dolmatovsky is accompanied with photos by journalists Genrikh Borovik and Vasiliy Chirkov, Hispanist Vladimir Vernikov, photographer and traveler Lev Veisman, and Cuban photographer Roberto Salas.

This powerful and creative photobook is a rare example of art, graphic design and photography combining to produce a outstanding propaganda narrative about a revolutionary figure that has lost none of his ability to inspire today.

Condition:
Very good first edition copy. Creases and wear to cover. Very small part of clear plastic laminate peeling on the top front cover. An artistic previous owner has added to the appeal of the book by drawing a mouse on the title page!! Please examine listing photos carefully for condition.