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El elefante y la bicicleta (The Elephant and the Bicycle, poster for the film directed by Juan Carlos Tabío)
Eduardo Marín (Cuban, born in 1965)
Published by: ICAIC (Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos), Havana, Cuba
Published by: ICAIC (Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos), Havana, Cuba
1995
Medium/Technique
Poster, screenprint
Dimensions
Sheet: 76.2 × 50.8 cm (30 × 20 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Antonio F. Cao
Accession Number2019.81
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ProvenanceBetween about 1969 and 2019, acquired by Sandra Levinson, Center for Cuban Studies, Cuban Art Space, New York [see note]; 2018, sold by Levinson to anonymous collector, Cambridge, MA; 2019, gift of anonymous collector to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 20, 2019)
NOTE: This comes from a large group of posters assembled over five decades. Many were acquired in the 1970s by gift or purchase from the artist, printer, or publisher; others were purchased more recently on the market in Cuba.
NOTE: This comes from a large group of posters assembled over five decades. Many were acquired in the 1970s by gift or purchase from the artist, printer, or publisher; others were purchased more recently on the market in Cuba.