Original CUBA Silk-screen Poster Saluting Charlie Chaplin & Cuban Movie Industry

Description: To our collector, interior designer and eBay friends worldwide: The Cuban Poster Gallery in Washington D.C. is offering a huge selection of handmade Cuban silk-screen movie posters, many of which work beautifully well together. To view all of the posters, please visit our eBay Store ( stores.ebay.com/CubanPosterGallery ) where new listings are being posted every week in both the Auction and Buy It Now/Best Offer formats. The Cuban Poster Gallery appreciates your business! Our regular price for this poster is $229. Here we are offering an original 2004 Cuban silk-screen poster, designed to mark the 45th anniversary of Cinemateca de Cuba, the film archive and library that was established in Havana in the early days of the 1959 Cuban revolution. The poster features an image of Charlie Chaplin, whose films were often shown in Cuba. The poster measures 20 x 30 inches, a standard size so easy to frame. This lovely graphic, jointly designed by Rafael Morante and Nelson Ponce, offers an updated version of an iconic 1962 Cuban poster by Morante, putting a party hat on Chaplin and adding the words 45 años (45 years) with a splash of color. Morante was one of the masters of Cuban graphic design in the 1960s. (He died in Havana in June 2022 at the age of 91.) Ponce is one of the stars of the new generation of Cuban designers. (If it hasn't been sold, we also have a 2nd edition copy of Morante's 1962 poster available in our eBay Store.) Overall condition of this poster is good; imperfections include minor wrinkles on the borders. Please see the images we have posted to judge the condition of this handmade poster for yourself. Buy with 100 percent confidence; posters purchased from the Cuban Poster Gallery on eBay can be returned for any reason within 30 days. Your Charlie Chaplin poster from Havana, Cuba will be shipped FREE to U.S. addresses by USPS Ground Advantage or UPS (with delivery confirmation) in a sturdy tube. For international buyers (outside of the United States), eBay will calculate the cost of shipping and any required Customs duties and taxes. TITLE: 45 años Cinemateca de Cuba DESIGNERS: Rafael Morante (1931-2022) and Nelson Ponce (b. 1975) MEDIUM: Silk-screen / Serigraph SIZE: 20 x 30 inches; 51 x 76 cm ORIGIN: the ICAIC (Cuban Film Institute) silk-screen workshop in Havana, Cuba A few words about collecting Cuba's silk-screen movie posters: For more than 60 years, the Cuban Film Institute has been designing silk-screened posters for most every movie shown on the island, whether the films originated in Cuba, the United States, Brazil, Japan or Italy. In the midst of the Cold War 1960s and 1970s, many of the subtitled foreign films shown in Cuba came from the island nation's communist allies in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Vietnam and even North Korea. Unlike in the United States, where movie posters are often dominated by images of Hollywood stars, the Cubans assign a graphic artist to design an original piece of artwork for each film. These posters are widely recognized in graphic design circles as stylish works of art, handmade one color at a time and often under difficult circumstances (at various times, paint and even paper have been in short supply on the island.) Cuba's silk-screen movie posters are nothing less than museum pieces. Examples of Cuban poster art can be found in the permanent collections of museums across the globe from the Victoria & Albert in London to the Museum of Modern Art in New York, as well as in prestigious institutions such as the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles. Adding to their collectability, Cuba's movie posters are produced in relatively small numbers. Typically, a few hundred copies are made for each film, although the runs have been as low as 50. Responding to demand from collectors, the Cuban Film Institute has re-screened some of its more popular posters. That's why some posters created in the 1960s and 1970s began reappearing on the Caribbean island in the 1990s and 2000s. Further adding to their collectability, many of Cuba's vintage posters are imperiled. Although a few hundred copies may have been screened originally, relatively few have survived, due to the island's wet and humid climate, insect infestation, inadequate storage facilities in Havana and improper handling in Cuba and elsewhere. To us, these survivors are rare beauties, even those with obvious flaws. We are proud to have rescued hundreds of posters from almost certain extinction by storing them in an air conditioned, acid-free environment. We at the Cuban Poster Gallery offer both 1st and 2nd Edition posters to our customers on eBay and in our Washington D.C. gallery. We consider both to be collectible, and (in response to a question we often get) all of these posters were legally imported because the U.S. government exempts artwork from its economic embargo against Cuba. While the pricier originals are favored by some collectors, the re-screens are also collectible because they were made in the same Havana workshop as the originals. Note that we never sell unauthorized reproductions that have been cranked out in print shops in the U.S. and Europe. To our eBay customers, we pledge to accurately describe the posters we list and price them fairly based on condition and scarcity. Have a question? Please don't hesitate to contact us. To view more distinctive Cuban graphics, we invite you to visit the Cuban Poster Gallery's eBay Store: http://stores.ebay.com/cubanpostergallery

Price: 229 USD

Location: Washington, District Of Columbia

End Time: 2024-09-30T17:35:25.000Z

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