BONNIE AND CLYDE Hand-Signed CUBAN Screenprinted Movie Tribute Poster / CUBA ART

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BONNIE AND CLYDE Hand-Signed CUBAN Screenprinted Movie Tribute Poster / CUBA ART:
$169.00

To our collector, interior designer and 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 store, where new listings arebeing posted every week in both the sale and Buy It Now/Best Offer formats. We also invite you to visit -- and \"like\" -- our Facebook Page: Cuban Poster Gallery appreciates your business!

Our regular price for this poster is $349 Here we are offeringa hard-to-find original and hand-signedCuban screen-printthat was designedin Havana in2009 to salutethe iconic1967 American historical crime film BONNIE AND CLYDE, starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.(See below for a brief description of the film.)

This poster was designed for a competition, sponsored by the Cuban Film Institute, that challenged Cuban designers to make a poster for any classic world film. The competition resulted in some outstanding silk-screened posters (all made in very small numbers)for films such as Clockwork Orange, Cabaret, Silence of the Lambs, Rebel Without A Causeand Persona (the Igmar Bergman classic). The Cuban Poster Gallery has acquired a few copies of these rarely seenposters; we invite you add themto your collection before they are gone!

This imaginative20 by 27inch posterwasdesigned by one of the stars of the celebrated new generation of Cubangraphic artists--Edel Rodriguez Molano, who signs his posters MOLA.Theposter wasmadein a prestigious screen-printworkshop inthe historic Habana Vieja neighborhood of the Cuban capital.

We believe fewer than 100copies were made of thisposter, whichwaschosen for inclusioninthespring/summer 2013 edition of SLANTED, a prestigious German design journal thatwas devoted almost entirely to Cuban poster art.A copy of this poster was also exhibited at CUBA HOY / CUBA TODAY, a December 2016 exhibition at the Bastille Design Center in Paris. The posteryou are buying isararely seenWorkshop Proof; only 10 copies of this proof were made.

Overall condition of this hand-signedposteris good. As with most Cuban screen-prints,small imperfections can be expected because these graphics are handmade.Buy with 100 percent confidence; posters purchased from the Cuban Poster Galleryon can be returned for any reason within14 days.

YouroriginalBONNIE AND CLYDEtribute poster will be shipped FREE to U.S. addresses by USPS Priority Mail (with delivery confirmation) in a sturdy tube. Overnight USPS Express Mail delivery to U.S. addresses is available for a flat $25 for an unlimited number of posters purchased on the same day. International shipping is offered for a flat $20 to all other countries via USPS International First Class Mail, but FREE if you buy 3 or more items from uson the same day. Customers outside the United States: please contact us for a quote if you require faster shipping.

International Buyers, alsoplease note: Import duties, taxes and other charges assessed in your countryare not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are thebuyer\'s responsibility.

Brief summary of movie: In the middle of the Great Depression,Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty) and Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway) meet when Clydetries to steal Bonnie\'s mother\'s car. Bonnie, who is bored by her job as awaitress, is intrigued by Clyde, and decides to take up with him and become hispartner in crime… Bonnie and Clyde is considered a landmark film, and isregarded as one of the first films of the New Hollywood era, since it brokemany cinematic taboos and was popular with the younger generation. For somemembers of the counterculture, the film was considered to be a \"rallyingcry.\" The film\'s ending also became iconic as \"one of the bloodiestdeath scenes in cinematic history.” Source: Wikipedia

TITLE:Bonnie and Clyde,designed to salute this classic 1967 Americanfilm

DESIGNER:MOLA (Edel Rodriguez Molano) b. 1982

MEDIUM: Screen-print

YEAR: 2009

SIZE: approximately 20 x27inches;51 x 68cm

ORIGIN: Havana, Cuba

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.C. and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles.

Adding to their collectibility, Cuba\'s movie posters are produced in relatively smallnumbers. 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. 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 and2nd Edition postersto our customers on 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 us, these are utterly worthless as collectibles.

To our 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\'sstore: CubanPosterGallery.com