RAUL CORRALES / CUBAN Mini Art Book about Iconic CUBA Revolution Photographer

Description: To our collector, interior designer and eBay friends worldwide:In addition to art books, the Cuban Poster Gallery in Washington D.C. offers a huge selection of handmade Cuban silk-screen movie posters and original drawings, many of which work beautifully well together. To view all of the posters and drawings, 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! Here we are offering a fully illustrated mini book about the work of RAUL CORRALES (1925-2006), one of the most famous Cuban photographers of the 20th century. Once the official photographer for Fidel Castro, the founder of the Cuban revolution, Corrales exhibited his historical photographs at galleries and museums around the world. This book is part of a series of beautifully illustrated (and hard to find) Cuban art books, published in Havana in 2016, that feature photos and biographical information (in Spanish) about some of the most famous Cuban artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Each of these 90+ page mini books measures about 5 ½ by 5 ½ inches (14 by 14 cm) and includes dozens of color and black and white photos of the artists’ work, as well as essays (in Spanish) and a timeline of major events in the artists’ careers. These soft cover gems were designed by the Consejo Nacional de las Artes Plasticas (National Plastic Arts Council) in Havana and printed in Seville, Spain.The book we are offering in this listing salutes RAUL CORRALES, the influential Cuban photographer. We invite you to browse our eBay Store to add other books from this series to your collection. This book is new but we are listing it in “like new” condition because small imperfections may be found in this and many other books imported from Cuba. (The original price, for example, may be written in the book.) As regular buyers of Cuban books, we have not seen a copy of this book in better condition! 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. A few words about collecting the Cuban silk-screen movie posters that we also offer here 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. 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, 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: 25 USD

Location: Washington, District Of Columbia

End Time: 2025-01-12T03:04:13.000Z

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