CANDYMAN Signed CUBAN Screenprint Poster for CUBA Slasher Horror Movie Art Show

Description: To our collector, interior designer and eBay friends worldwide: In addition to this special poster, the Cuban Poster Gallery in Washington D.C. 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 eBay Store stores.ebay.com/CubanPosterGallery where new listings are regularly being posted in both the Auction and Buy It Now/Best Offer formats. The Cuban Poster Gallery appreciates your business! OUR PRICE FOR THIS GRAPHIC IS $489 The Cuban Poster Gallery is delighted to offer this original, hard-to-find Cuban screen-print, a hand-signed, limited-edition poster created for a 2023 art project in Havana, Cuba that salutes some of the world's most iconic SLASHER movies. The haunting, handmade graphic in this listing was designed to salute CANDYMAN, a 1992 American supernatural horror film that centers around a Chicago graduate student's work on urban folklore, including the legend of CANDYMAN, the ghost of a 19th century African American artist whose father, a slave, was murdered for having a relationship with the daughter of a wealthy white man. To summon this ghost, one must say "Candyman" in front of a mirror five times. But anyone who does that meets a very bloody end at the hands of Candyman. The stellar screen-print in this listing was unveiled in 2023 at an exhibition on a balmy Friday the 13th evening in Havana. The exhibition, titled VIENEN 13 (roughly translated "They're coming after you on the 13th!"), highlighted the immense artistic talent on the Caribbean island. Keeping with the Friday the 13th theme, a total of 13 posters were created for the project by eight Cuban-born artists living in Cuba, Mexico, Germany, Spain and the United States. This CANDYMAN poster was designed by CARLOS PEREZ ZAMORA (known in the art world as ZAMO PEZA), a star of the New Generation of Cuban designers. ZAMO has worked as a designer for the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC) and the prestigious Wilfredo Lam contemporary art center in Havana. The poster -- personally signed by ZAMO -- measures approximately 28 by 20 inches (70 by 50 cm). Only 50 copies of this poster were made, ensuring it will always be rare. The poster is also numbered. (We invite you to visit our eBay Store to view the other Cuban slasher movie posters we have acquired. You can search for these posters with the key words CUBAN SLASHER HORROR POSTER.) Please be advised that our stock in these posters is extremely limited. The number on the poster you receive may differ from the one in the stock photos we have posted. Be assured that you will receive the lowest number in our stock. Overall condition of this poster is good with only minor imperfections possible. Buy with 100 percent confidence; posters purchased from the Cuban Poster Gallery on eBay can be returned for any reason within 30 days. 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. TITLE: CANDYMAN DESIGNER: ZAMO PEZA (Carlos Perez Zamora), born 1991 MEDIUM: Screen-print / Serigraph YEAR: 2023 SIZE: approximately 28 by 20 inches; 70 x 50 cm EDITION: Only 50 copies were made SIGNED: Yes, by the artist's hand 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. 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, 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: 489 USD

Location: Washington, District Of Columbia

End Time: 2024-12-26T20:03:59.000Z

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