LA DOLCE VITA / Cuban Screen-print Art Poster for FELLINI Movie Festival in CUBA

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 GRAPHIC IS $489 Fellini at 100! The Federico Fellini Centennial!A team of Cuba's most exceptional graphic artists have unveiled a series of limited edition, screen-printed posters to salute the legendary Italian film director Federico Fellini, who would have turned 100 on January 20, 2020. The Cuban Poster Gallery is delighted to have acquired a limited number of these Havana-made graphics, which also have been acquired by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for its museum in Los Angeles.Only 50 copies of each poster were screen-printed for the Federico Fellini centennial project, which was co-sponsored by the Embassy of Italy in Havana, Cuba. The posters were unveiled during an exhibition and Fellini movie retrospective at the 2019 Havana Film Festival, attended by the artists, Italian embassy officials and dignitaries from the Cuban art community. Most of the 50 copies were reserved for the artists, the Italian embassy and the Cuban Film Institute's archives in Havana. Therefore, only a handful of the Fellini centennial posters were made available to collectors. Federico Fellini? What more can be said? During a career spanning almost 50 years, he became one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, being nominated for 12 Academy Awards and winning a record-setting four Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category. He died in 1993 at the age of 73.The elegant, screen-printed poster we are offering in this listing was created to salute LA DULCE VITA (La Dolce Vita in Italian and "The Sweet Life” in English), a 1960 comedy-drama that focuses on the life of a restless journalist in Rome. This widely acclaimed film is considered one of Fellini's masterpieces. The poster was designed and hand-signed by one of Cuba's best-known graphic artists, EDEL RODRIGUEZ (known in the art world as MOLA). This screen-print, which is numbered (attesting to the fact that it is a limited edition), measures 27 1/2 by 19 1/2 inches (70 x 50 cm). This poster sold out quickly and can no longer be found in Havana.Overall condition of this screen-print is good. As with most handmade Cuban graphics, small imperfections can be expected. But this poster is in great shape! Since we have more than one copy in our stock, the number on the poster you receive may not be the same as the one in the file photos we have posted. 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 DULCE VITA, designed for a poster exhibition and movie festival in Havana, Cuba that saluted the director of this 1960 film, the legendary Italian director and screenwriter Federico Fellini. DESIGNER: Edel Rodriguez (known as MOLA), born 1982 MEDIUM: Screen-print / Serigraph YEAR: 2019 SIGNED and NUMBERED: Yes, only 50 copies were released for sale. This poster was hand-signed by the artist. SIZE: approximately 27 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches; 50 x 70 cm ORIGIN: Havana, Cuba A few words about collecting the Cuban silk-screen movie posters that we also offer in our eBay Store: 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: 489 USD

Location: Washington, District Of Columbia

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