BUEN DIA Original Cuban Silkscreen Movie Poster Saluting Star Cuba Theatre Group

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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 (CubanPosterGallery.com), 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!Here we are offering an original handmade silk-screen movie poster titled BUEN DIA (Good Day), designed in 1990 for a documentary about Cuba's most famous theatre group, Buendia (Good Day), which has performed in many countries, including the United States. The movie was directed by one of Cuba's finest film-makers, Humberto Solas . The poster was designed by two Cuban artists, Vladimir de León & Eduardo Marín, who were members of the art group named NUDO. This poster, which measures 20 by 30 inches (a standard size, so easy to frame), was made in 1990 in the ICAIC (Cuban Film Institute) silk-screen workshop in Havana.The overall condition of the poster is good; imperfections include some minor creases and a tiny tear on the border. This is a gorgeous poster! 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 14 days.Your original BUEN DIA poster will be shipped FREE to U.S. addresses by Priority Mail (with delivery confirmation) in a sturdy tube. O vernight 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 eBay items from us on the same day. Customers outside the United States: please contact us for a quote if you require faster shipping.TITLE: BUEN DIA (GOOD DAY), designed for a documentary about Cuba's most famous theatre group.DESIGNERS : Vladimir de León and Eduardo Marín (from the NUDO art group)MEDIUM: Silk-screen / SerigraphYEAR: 1990SIZE: 20 x 30 inches; 51 x 76 cmORIGIN: the ICAIC (Cuban Film Institute) silk-screen workshop in Havana, CubaA 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 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. 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 us, these are utterly worthless as collectibles.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 read more

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