BATTLE OF OKINAWA Original 1972 CUBAN Silk-screen Poster for Japanese Movie CUBA

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. The Cuban Poster Gallery appreciates your business! Here we are offering an ORIGINAL, vintage Cuban silk-screen poster, designed in 1972 for the first Cuban showing of the Japanese movie Battle of Okinawa (La batalla del Okinawa).

His 20 x 30 inch poster is unsigned and undated, but it was designed by Rene Azcuy and silk-screened in the Cuban Film Institute's workshop in. Havana in 1972, according to the film institute. A short description of the movie can be found below. This film, by the way, can easily be found on DVD with English subtitles.

Condition of this 1st Edition poster is fair for its age with defects that include some scuffs, scratches, tears and discoloration. In our opinion, this rare poster would not have survived had it not been expertly mounted on archival, acid-free Japanese paper. Please examine the photos we have posted to judge the condition of the poster for yourself. Brief description of film: With the country on the brink of disaster and defeat imminent, Japan fortifies its last defensive stronghold, the island of Okinawa. This final stand against the Allied attack soon becomes the bloodiest battle of the Pacific Theater and takes the horrors of war to a level never before seen, as the desperate Japanese forces try to demonstrate to the Americans what they should expect when they assault the Japanese mainland.

TITLE: La batalla del Okinawa (Battle of Okinawa), designed for the Cuban showing of this 1971 Japanese movie directed by Kihachi Okamoto. Mounted on archival Japanese paper. 20 x 30 inches; 51 x 76 cm. ORIGIN: the ICAIC (Cuban Film Institute) silk-screen workshop in Havana, Cuba.

A few words about collecting. 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. Came from the island nation's communist allies in the Soviet Union.

Where movie posters are often dominated by images of. 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.

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.

As well as in prestigious institutions such as the Library of Congress in. 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. Island in the 1990s and 2000s. Further adding to their collectability, many of. 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. 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 consider both to be collectible, and (in response to a question we often get) all of these posters were legally imported because the. Government exempts artwork from its economic embargo against.

While the pricier originals are favored by some collectors, the re-screens are also collectible because they were made in the same. Note that we never sell unauthorized reproductions that have been cranked out in print shops in the. This item is in the category "Art\Art Prints". The seller is "cubanpostergallery" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

Width (Inches): 20
Internal locator #: F-1 / ck gallery
Production Technique: Serigraph & Silkscreen
Subject: Japanese Movie / Historical
Size: 20 x 30 inches; 51 x 76 cm
Height (Inches): 30
Date of Creation: 1970-1989
Artist: Rene Azcuy (b.
1939)
Year of Production: 1972
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
ORIGIN: Havana, Cuba: EDITION: 1st (this is an original poster)
Type: Poster
Original/Reproduction: Original