Artwork of the Day!! Sun, Aug 27, 2023 is by Cuban photographer Osvaldo Salas (1914-1992): "Sombreros, Santiago de Cuba"; photograph, 1962.
Artwork of the Day!! Sunday, August 27, 2023. Cuban/American photographer Osvaldo Salas (1914-1992). A Sunday, original photographic offering. Another image available to provide a short distraction from the 24-hour news cycle as we move toward Fall.
"Sombreros, Santiago de Cuba" is a photograph, a silver gelatin print by Cuban born American photographer Osvaldo Salas (1914-1992), done in 1962, this image printed later. The image area measures 16-9/16 x 12-7/8". It was signed, titled and dated "1962" in ink by the estate beneath the image and is signed by the photographer's son on the verso. It was printed in an unstated, limited edition by the artist's son Roberto on sheet of white wove photgraphic paper that measures 20 x 16". There are 2 blind-stamps; one a copyright that notes "Salas / Habana Cuba" beneath the signature, and a circular "Salas S. Cuba" in the lower left. Read the text below for further information that is noted on the verso. The gallery inventory i.d. for this work is 20888. This silver gelatin print by the noted Cuban photographer Osvaldo Salas (1914-1992) is available from the gallery for $500.00. Please contact the gallery with any questions. Time payments can be arranged. Shipping costs will be discussed, special crating will be needed. California residents will have sales tax added. Out of state residents may be responsible for use tax, depending on state law.
Osvaldo Salas was born in Havana, Cuba and moved to New York. By the end of World War II, Salas had fallen in love with photography and he won his first award in 1947. As a publicity photographer, his work was published in Life magazine as well as The New York Times. When Fidel Castro visited the United States in 1955 to raise funds for the revolution, Salas was assigned to photograph him in New York City.
Osvaldo Salas left the US to return to Cuba in 1959 where he was able to photograph Fidel Castro and many leaders of the revolution. He stayed in Havana for the rest of his life, continuing to document the people of the island.
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"Sombreros" was originally shot in 1962. Osvaldo's son Roberto Salas, also a photographer, began to reprint many of his images to offer to an expanding market. This impression is one of those reprints, signed, titled and dated by Roberto. There is a blind-stamp "Salas S Cuba" in the lower left corner. On the verso it is annotated in ink: "Negative by Osvaldo Salas / Printed by Roberto Salas / Limited edition Cuba."
There are also 2 ink stamps that read: "Osvaldo Salas Estate / Havana, Cuba / Roberto Salas, Executor" with Roberto's ink signature, and: "This is a Original Image From the Salas Archives and Estate, Havana Cuba / Protected by U.S. and Universal Copyright Laws." To purchase this work or read a biography for Osvaldo Salas use this link to our website: https://www.annexgalleries.com/inventory/artist/4243/Salas/Osvaldo
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