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“El TIGRE SALTO Y MATO PERO MORIRA… MORIRA…. documental cubano direccion: santiago alvarez – Cuban silkscreen poster for a short documentary of the Chilean coup d’etat of 1973 that brought to power Augusto Pinochet. The documentary directed by Cuban Santiago Alvarez with musical score of songs by Victor Jara who was killed by the new regime within days of taking power. One of the many posters created as a propaganda medium by the ICAIC.

Measurements: 20 inches wide x 30 inches height

Condition: Edges show some wear otherwise Very Good. Look at all images.

Eduardo Muñoz Bachs ( 1937 Valencia, Spain – 2001 Havana) at a young age his family imigrated to Cuba in 1941.  Bachs produced more than 2000 posters for the ICAIC which produced and promoted Cuban films.

Most of the highly collectible Cuban posters are from mid-1960s through early 1980s, the period called “el periodo de oro de la grafica cubana” (golden period of Cuban graphics). These silkscreens were develop with new graphic techniques, due in part that materials were not readily available and lack of formal graphic schools. The Cuban posters became known for the use of bold innovate images which were mostly for proganda. Among the most important were the movie posters of the ICAIC which would promote the national movie industry as well as foreign films.

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