The Cuban Poster Gallery. 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. We also invite you to visit — and “like” — our Facebook Page: Facebook. Com/CubanPosterGallery. The Cuban Poster Gallery appreciates your business! We are pleased to offer QUEENS OF THE TROPICS , a striking (and hard to find) original Cuban silk-screen poster that was designed in 2009 for a festival in Havana of 1940s and 1950s Mexican movies with a dance themes — especially the rumba! The January 2010 festival concentrated on movies that were made during the so-called golden age of Mexican cinema. This handmade Cuban poster was designed by. Michelle Miyares Hollands b. One of Cuba’s most talented artists, in. The ICAIC (Cuban Film Institute) silk-screen workshop in. Like most Cuban movie posters, this one measures 20 by 30 inches–a standard size, so easy and inexpensive to frame. Overall condition of this poster is good. Please note that minor imperfections, including slight ripples or wrinkles in the white borders around the images, can be found on many Cuban silk-screens, including this one. LAS REINAS DEL TROPICO (“Queens of the Tropics”). D esigned for a Mexican film festival in Havana. 20 x 30 inches. The ICAIC (Cuban Film Institute) silkscreen workshop in. A few words about collecting Cuba’s silk-screen movie posters. For more than 50 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. And the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles. Adding to their collectibility, 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 collectibility, many of Cuba’s vintage posters are imperiled. 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. 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. 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. To us, these are utterly worthless as collectibles. The item “QUEENS OF THE TROPICS Cuban Silkscreen Movie Festival Poster / CUBA MEXICO Dance” is in sale since Wednesday, June 07, 2017. This item is in the category “Art\Art Posters”. The seller is “cubanpostergallery” and is located in Washington, District Of Columbia. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Subject: Movies
- Size: 20 x 30 inches; 51 x 76 cm
- Date of Creation: 2000-Now
- ORIGIN: Havana, Cuba: EDITION: 1st (this is an original poster)
- Material: Silkscreen on paper
- Style: Vintage
- Artist: Michelle Miyares Hollands (b. 1976)