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¿Cómo, por qué y para qué se asesina a un general? (How, why and for what was the general assassinated?, poster for the film directed by Santiago Álvarez)
Jorge Dimas González (Cuban, born in 1948)
Published by: ICAIC (Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos), Havana, Cuba
Published by: ICAIC (Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos), Havana, Cuba
1971
Medium/Technique
Poster, screenprint
Dimensions
Sheet: 76.2 × 50.8 cm (30 × 20 in.)
Credit Line
Lee M. Friedman Fund
Accession Number2019.34
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings
DescriptionCuban film about the assassination of General Rene Schneider in Chile on October 25, 1970, during a kidnapping attempt by the CIA
ProvenanceBetween about 1969 and 2019, acquired by Sandra Levinson, Center for Cuban Studies, Cuban Art Space, New York [see note]; 2019, sold by the Center for Cuban Studies 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.