LIFE'S A WHISTLE Signed CUBAN Screen-print Movie Tribute Poster HAVANA CUBA ART

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 $289 Hand-signed, original limited edition Cuban screen-print LA VIDA ES SILBAR ("Life's A Whistle") was created in recent years as a tribute to the award-winning 1999 Cuban film that tells the stories of modern-day Cubans whose lives intersect on the Day of Saint Barbara. In Cuba, Santa Barbara is also known as Changó, the African god of fire, lightning and thunder. The narrator of the film takes us on a ride around Havana, whose skyline can be seen on the poster. On this poster, our tour of Havana is taken in a red hot air balloon! This signed, original poster was designed by the Cuban artist LOSAMA (full name: Lorenzo Santos Martinez), whose work we greatly admire. The handmade poster, which measures approximately 20 by 28 inches, was screen-printed in Havana in 2013. The poster is signed in pencil by the artist and marked P/A (Prueba de Artista), which means it was a special Proof was given to the artist by the screen-print workshop. Although this poster is undated, we believe it was created in the past decade. This poster is extremely hard to find, even in Havana. Overall condition of this handmade poster is good. As with many handmade Cuban screen-prints, some small imperfections can be expected. Buy with 100 percent confidence; posters purchased from the Cuban Poster Gallery on eBay can be returned for any reason within 30 days. About shipping: For buyers with an address in the United States, your purchase will be shipped FREE by USPS Ground Advantage or UPS with delivery confirmation. For international buyers (outside of the United States), eBay will calculate the cost of shipping and any required Customs duties and taxes. TITLE: LA VIDA ES SILBAR (Life's A Whistle), designed to salute the award-winning 1999 Cuban movie. DESIGNER: LOSAMA (Lorenzo Santos Martinez) MEDIUM: Silk-screen / Serigraph SIZE: 20 x 28 inches; 51 x 71 cm ORIGIN: 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 collectablity, 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: 193.63 USD

Location: Washington, District Of Columbia

End Time: 2024-07-27T18:59:56.000Z

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