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, where new listings are regularly posted in both the Auction and Buy It Now/Best Offer formats. You can visit us at stores.ebay.com/CubanPosterGallery The Cuban Poster Gallery appreciates your business!OUR PRICE FOR THIS RARE POSTER IS $849 The Cuban Poster Gallery is delighted to offer this rarely seen, original 1975 Cuban silk-screen movie poster, designed for LOOKING FOR A MAN (released as BUSCO A UNA PERSONA in Spanish and ISHCHU CHELOVEKA in Russian), one of the many Soviet films shown in Cuba (with Spanish subtitles) during the Cold War-era 1960s and 1970s. LOOKING FOR A MAN is a 1973 Soviet drama that is based on true stories about a search for loved ones in the years after World War II. The giant question mark on the poster says it all: Where are these loved ones, and are they alive?This brilliant original 20 by 30 inch Pop Art poster (a standard size, so easy and inexpensive to frame) was designed by Cuban graphics art master Julio Eloy Mesa (born 1943), a star of Cuban graphics through the 1970s and 1980s before he left the island to live in the United States. Eloy's First Edition poster was made in the Cuban Film Institute's silk-screen workshop in Havana in 1975, two years after the movie was released in the Soviet Union. Julio Eloy Mesa's work can be found in museums worldwide, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum. This is the only copy of this rare, original poster that we have ever offered for sale. Overall condition of this handmade screen-print is good with minor imperfections, including some creases on the white border and ink runoff on the face of the poster (created during the screen-printing process). The face of this poster is remarkably clean for a black and white graphic from Cuba that's five decades old. Please see the images we have posted and buy with 100 percent confidence; posters purchased from the Cuban Poster Gallery on eBay can be returned for any reason within 30 days. Your original LOOKING FOR A MAN poster 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: BUSCO A UNA PERSONA (released in English as LOOKING FOR A MAN and in Russian as ISHCHU CHELOVEKA) DESIGNER: Julio Eloy Mesa (born 1943) YEAR: 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 (Internal stock #: MM-1) 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. But don't take our word for it! 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, 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: 849 USD
Location: Washington, District Of Columbia
End Time: 2024-09-19T18:36:57.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: Julio Eloy Mesa
ORIGIN: Havana, Cuba: EDITION: 1st (this is an original poster)
Size: 20 x 30 inches; 51 x 76 cm
Internal locator #: MM-1
Date of Creation: 1975
Material: Paper
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Type: Poster
Width (Inches): 20
Height (Inches): 30
Theme: World War II
Original/Reproduction: Original
Style: Pop Art
Features: 1st Edition
Production Technique: Serigraph & Silkscreen
Handmade: Yes
Time Period Produced: 1970-1979