Eladio Rivadulla Martínez 1923–2011 Campeonato Soft-Ball Inter-Departamentos / Ministerio de Obras Públicas vintage poster
Caption Brief: Eladio Rivadulla Martínez, born in Havana, trained at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro, where he absorbed Bauhaus design principles from German émigré instructors, and went on to become a pioneer of Cuban screenprinting, producing hundreds of film posters from his own Havana studio starting in 1943. This poster, likely dating to the 1940s or 1950s given its commission by the pre-revolutionary Ministerio de Obras Públicas, promotes an inter-departmental softball championship for government employees, using a dynamic, mid-action image of a leaping player to drum up excitement around trophies, medals, and gym enrollment.
c. 1950
screenprint in colors on board
30 h × 20 w in (76 × 51 cm)
Provenance: Collection of William Crouse
Condition: Cond A-: with rubbing, surface soiling, faint moisture damage to lower left corner, and a soft crease.
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
Caption Brief: Eladio Rivadulla Martínez, born in Havana, trained at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro, where he absorbed Bauhaus design principles from German émigré instructors, and went on to become a pioneer of Cuban screenprinting, producing hundreds of film posters from his own Havana studio starting in 1943. This poster, likely dating to the 1940s or 1950s given its commission by the pre-revolutionary Ministerio de Obras Públicas, promotes an inter-departmental softball championship for government employees, using a dynamic, mid-action image of a leaping player to drum up excitement around trophies, medals, and gym enrollment.
c. 1950
screenprint in colors on board
30 h × 20 w in (76 × 51 cm)
Provenance: Collection of William Crouse
Condition: Cond A-: with rubbing, surface soiling, faint moisture damage to lower left corner, and a soft crease.
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
