1973 Cuban ART 4 Czech Movie Poster"Giant Eel" Serpent

This is a 1975 mockup or original painting (BOCETO in Spanish, meaning there is only one. This one) for the poster to "El Rio de la serpiente (also known as The Giant Eel)" 1974 Czech film directed by Ota Koval. It was painted by Eduardo Muñoz Bachs in 1975. He is one of the greatest and high prolific poster designers and signed and titled in the back by him. This work is a good example of the artistic use of the movie poster. The typo is not legible to a extreme because the purpose was not to sell the tickets to see the film (theaters were always full anyway) but to complement the movie. Like a catalog to an art exhibition. Nevertheless, title, director and actors are all written-I checked. This drawing is one of the best samples of Muñoz Bachs famous style. I don't have any image of the final printed poster. Drawing is titled and signed by Bachs in the back.
This drawing was the first step in the production of silkscreen movie posters. This was the design that was later photographed and enlarge to 20x30 inches and this is the reason they sometimes have the crisscross pencil pattern. In some other cases the artist would mark a clear plastic instead to protect the painted image, specially if they were fond to the painting. Judge the condition by the picture. These paintings were neglected for years. Once the poster was produced, the mockup was stored in a corner box were humidity and pests destroyed 99% of them. I rescued about 100 of them, the rest was trashed. When Eduardo Bachs died, the National Museum made a posthumous exhibition of his work they only found only 14 original drawings in the entire country. The artist himself only kept a couple that were acquired by the museum. Most of all artist like Niko and Bachs rarely kept samples of their work. This is the reason these mockups are so rare and of great interest for the collector.
Measures 6 x10 inches(15x25 cm).The artist tempera brush strokes and pen are clearly visible. This is a unique piece of poster history that I am sure will be a treasure for the fine collector.
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