TAURUS Signed CUBAN Zodiac Silkscreen by Famed Havana CUBA Artist ZAIDA DEL RIO

Description: To our collector, interior designer and eBay friends worldwide: In addition to this limited-edition art print, the Cuban Poster Gallery in Washington D.C. is offering a large selection of other authentic, handmade Cuban silk-screened graphics, many of which work beautifully well together. We invite you to visit our eBay Store ( stores.ebay.com/CubanPosterGallery ) to see them all! Please check back often as we will be adding additional Cuban movie, cultural and political graphics in the coming weeks. The Cuban Poster Gallery appreciates your business. Our regular price for this special graphic is $289 Here we are offering TAURUS, a rarely seen, hand-signed proof-edition screen-print by award-winning Cuban painter and designer ZAIDA DEL RIO (b. 1954) from her 2013 series "SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC." Notably, ZAIDA DEL RIO was named Cuba's artist of the year for 2023. TAURUS is a fine example of ZAIDA DEL RIO's fantastical style, in which she draws inspiration from her life’s experiences, the lush vegetation of her Caribbean island, the Afro Cuban religion known as Santeria and, above all, femininity, as evidenced by the dancing figures that often grace her artworks and the women she sometimes transforms into fantastical birds. The graphic in this listing is a workshop proof edition, marked (in pencil) P/T, which means "Prueba de taller" or "Workshop Proof." In the regular edition of this graphic, only 75 copies were made to be sold to collectors. So this graphic (and the others in this Zodiac series) will always be scarce. Born in the artsy central Cuban province of Santa Clara, ZAIDA DEL RIO became one of Cuba’s most celebrated artists in the 1980s after studying at the Superior Institute of Art in Havana and the Fine Arts School in Paris, France. Today, her eclectic silk-screens and paintings can be found in galleries and museums worldwide, including the National Museum of Fine Art in Havana, where she lives and works. Zaida's TAURUS silk-screen measures approximately 10 inches by 10 inches (25 cm by 25 cm) and is embossed with the seal of the prestigious Rene Portocarrero silkscreen workshop in the historic Habana Vieja neighborhood of the Cuban capital. The graphic is hand signed and dated. (If you are thinking about putting together a collection of Cuban graphics to decorate a home or office, Zaida's elegant silk-screens work beautifully well together. We invite you to view other ZAIDA screen-prints here in our eBay Store.)Overall condition of this signed ZAIDA DEL RIO silk-screen is good with only imperfections (common on many hand-made Cuban graphics) possible. Buy with 100 percent confidence; all graphic art purchased from the Cuban Poster Gallery on eBay can be returned for any reason within 30 days.About shipping: 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: TAURUS DESIGNER: ZAIDA DEL RIO (b. 1954)YEAR: 2013MEDIUM: Silk-screen / Serigraph SIZE: 10 by 10 inches; 25 x 25 cmSIGNED: Yes, by the artist's hand WORKSHOP PROOF EDITION: Yes 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, 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 2nd Edition 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: 289 USD

Location: Washington, District Of Columbia

End Time: 2025-01-11T19:22:19.000Z

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