OUR PRICE FOR THIS GRAPHIC IS $489

The Cuban Poster Gallery is delighted to offer this signed, limited edition Cuban screen-printed poster saluting the 1980 Spanish cult movie PEPI, LUCY, BOM y otras chicas del montón (English: Pepi, Lucy, Bom and Other Average Girls), directed by the famed Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. Please see below for a brief description of this campy movie.

This original movie tribute poster was designed in 2019 by Cuban artist Javier G. Borbolla for a project at the prestigious Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana that saluted the film director Pedro Almodóvar in the the year of his 70th birthday.

Co-sponsored by the Cuban and Spanish governments, this project in Havana resulted in a wonderful series of screen-printed posters and a showing of Pedro Almodóvar films at the December 2019 Havana film festival, which attracts actors, directors and movie industry officials (as well as film fans) from around the world.

Notably, a complete set of these posters was acquired at the Havana film festival by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for its permament collection in Los Angeles. The PEPI, LUCY, BOM poster was also selected in 2020 for a major exhibition at the prestigious FRANZ MAYER MUSEUM in Mexico City!

Only 50 copies of this poster were screen-printed in Havana, but most were reserved for Spanish Embassy diplomats and other dignitaries, ensuring this lovely graphic will always be rare.

This colorful PEPI, LUCY, BOM y otras chicas del montón poster measures approximately 27 by 19 inches (70 x 50 cm). The poster was hand-signed and -numbered by the artist, Javier G. Borbolla.

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.

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Brief summary of movie: “Pepi, Lucy, Bom and Other Average Girls” is a campy comedy that follows the wild adventures of three friends: Pepi, an independent modern woman; Lucy, a mousy, masochistic housewife; and Bom, a lesbian punk rock singer. The movie – Pedro Almodóvar's first feature film – was shot in 16mm and blown up to 35mm for its theatrical release. It became a cult film, emblematic of La Movida Madrileña, a countercultural movement that took place mainly in Madrid after Spanish dictator Francisco Franco's death in 1975. Source: Wikipedia

TITLE: PEPI, LUCY, BOM y otras chicas del montón (English: Pepi, Lucy, Bom and Other Average Girls), directed by the famed Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar.

DESIGNER: Javier G. Borbolla (b. 1991)

MEDIUM: Screen-print / Serigraph

YEAR: 2019

SIGNED: Yes, by the artist's hand.

NUMBERED: Yes, only 50 copies were made.

SIZE: approximately 27 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches; 50 x 70 cm

ORIGIN: Havana, Cuba

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.