1970s-1980s
File — Drawer: 87, Folder: 6
Identifier: 2007-001-098-117
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection consists of 131 posters from Cuba, Nicaragua and Mexico from the early 1970s collected by Jane Norling and 50 Cuban posters collected by artist and activist Lenora (Nori) Davis in the 1980s. Represented in this collection are such renowned Cuban graphic artists as Berta Abelenda, René Mederos, Raúl Martínez, Antonio Pérez (Niko), Olivio Martínez, Antonio Fernández Reboiro, Alfredo Rostgaard,Félix Beltrán, and Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, among others. Subjects addressed by these posters are numerous including film, solidarity with the struggles of "Third World" countries, labor, tourism, disease prevention, women, energy conservation, the Vietnam War, and the Cuban Revolution. The posters were produced for such issuing agencies as the Dirección Nacional de los Comités por la Defensa de la Revolución (CDR), Organización en Solidaridad con los Pueblos de Asia, Africa y América Latina (OSPAAL), Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica (ICAIC), Federación de Mujeres Cubanas (FMC), and the Comisión de Orientación Revolucionaria (COR). 61 of the 181 posters in the collection are large-scale serigraphprints.
Dates
- 1970-1980
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 181 items (9 folders) : 181 posters
Creator
- From the Collection: Norling, Jane (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451