TIE ME UP TIE ME DOWN (Átame) Cuban Screenprint Poster for ALMODOVAR Movie CUBA

Description: To our collector, interior designer and eBay friends worldwide:The Cuban Poster Gallery in Washington D.C. is offering a huge selection of Cuban movie, cultural and political posters, many of which work beautifully well together, as well as a selection of hard-to-find Cuban drawings and worldwide graphics. To view all of these graphics, 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 ¡Átame! (released in English as “Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!”), a hand-signed, limited-edition Cuban screen-print poster saluting this edgy, award-winning 1989 Spanish movie, directed by the famed Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. Please see below for a brief description of this film, which starred Antonio Banderas. This rarely seen original movie tribute poster was designed in 2019 by award-winning Cuban artist Edel Rodriguez (who is known as MOLA) for a project at the prestigious Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana that saluted the film director Pedro Almodóvar in the year of his 70th birthday. This project resulted in a wonderful series of screen-printed posters and a showing of Pedro Almodóvar films at the December 2019 Havana film festival, which attracted actors, directors and movie industry officials (as well as film fans) from around the world. Only 100 copies of this poster were screen-printed in Havana, ensuring this lovely graphic will always be rare. Many of the posters from the Almodóvar project were acquired by officials from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who attended (and participated in) the Havana film festival. Notably, a photograph of this poster was published in COMMUNICATION ARTS, the largest international visual communications trade journal. COMMUNICATIONS ARTS’ fall 2021 Design Annual included a MOLA poster on its cover, along with a blurb in which the artist discussed his Pedro Almodovar series. MOLA's imaginative TIE ME UP, TIE ME DOWN poster measures approximately 27 by 19 inches (70 x 50 cm). The poster was hand-signed and numbered by the artist, Edel Rodriguez (MOLA). Overall condition of this poster is good. As with most handmade Cuban graphics, some small imperfections can be expected. But this poster is in great shape! 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: 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. Brief summary of movie: An unbalanced but alluring former mental patient (played by Antonio Banderas) takes a B-movie actress prisoner in the hopes of convincing her to marry him. Determined to make the actress love him, the man barges into her apartment and ties her up. Sources: Internet Movie Database and Wikipedia TITLE: ¡Átame! (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!), designed to salute a 1989 Spanish film directed by Pedro Almodóvar. DESIGNER: Edel Rodriguez (MOLA) (b. 1982) MEDIUM: Screen-print / Serigraph YEAR: 2019 SIGNED: Yes, by the artist's hand. NUMBERED: Yes, only 100 copies were made. SIZE: approximately 27 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches; 50 x 70 cm ORIGIN: Havana, Cuba (Internal stock # LL-4 / VV-4 ) A few words about collecting the Cuban silk-screen movie posters that we 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, 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

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