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The Mystery of Giulio Blanc with N. Montero and an unidentified man at 17th Street Gallery, June 1981
Where: Outside 17th Street Gallery, in New York
When: June 1981
What: Photograph is annotated as "6 Young Cubans in N.Y."
Who (left to right): unidentified man, Giulio Blanc, N. Montero
Help us solve the mystery: Who is the unidentified man?
Cuban born independent curator, critic, art historian and consultant Giulio V. Blanc (1955-1995) specialized in Cuban and Latin American art history and in his lifetime collected a wealth of material on the subject. Blanc became a leading authority on Latin American art and successfully established himself as a link between Cuban and Cuban-American artists and US galleries and museums.
N. Montero is an artist.
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