Description

Ballet silkscreen Cuban vintage poster “ALICIA ALONSO – CARMEN”  by Antonio Fernández Reboiro 1970 for the ICAIC.

Lower right engraved reboiro/70 and signed in ink roboiro

Condition:  Very Good. Bottom shows some minor folds. Acid free tape on back to stabilize edges.

Measurements: 17 3/4 inches wide x 27 3/4 inches height

Alicia Alonso (1920-2019) was the Cuban prima ballerina of world reknown.  Her brake came in New York  1943 when she was asked to replace injured prima ballerina Alicia Markova in the production of Giselle at the American Ballet Theater.  Alonso was the founder of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba and was guest ballerina at the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo from 1955-1959. Known for her avoidance of competion from her students, created a rift with many talented dancers who sought joining foreign ballet companies instead of remaing in Cuba.

Antonio Fernández Reboiro  is a Cuban Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1935. He studied medicine and architecture at the University of Havana. In 1963 he began working at the ICAIC (Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry) until 1982 designing posters.

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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