[CUBA] -- CASTRO, Fidel (1926-2016). 2 posters and a drawing signed by Castro.

"Giron / Se gano / con honor, / dignidad / y conciencia." (Giron earned with honor, dignity, and conscience." PCC. (Communist Party of Cuba) C. Habana . Suarez. Ca, 1960-1970s. 15 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (sight), framed to 16 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (toning, light soil, unexamined outside frame). Poster likely celebrates the Cuban Revolution with a reference to the Bay of Pigs Invasion (Batalla de Playa Giron). Red imagery on white background depicts a popular propaganda motif, that of heavy artillery weapons and the figure of Fidel Castro jumping from his Soviet-made self-propelled assault gun.

"Esa / Bandera, / Ese / Cielo, / Estra / Tierra, / La Defenderemos / Al Precio Que Sea Necesario." ("That Flag, That Sky, This Earth, We will defend it at whatever price may be necessary"), color propaganda poster featuring Cuban Revolutionary leader Fidel Castro and the Cuban flag, 33 x 24 in.(sight), framed to 35 x 25 in. (scattered spots, creasing, unexamined outside frame). [Havana, Cuba], ca 1960s.

[With:] Artist rendering of Fidel Castro upon which is an autograph note signed by Castro ("Fidel Castro") to the workers of the ICAP (Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples) graphic workshop indicating his gratitude. Np, 26 December 1981. 15 1/2 x 22 in. (sight), framed to 28 3/4 x 22 1/4 in. (scattered spotting, toning, unexamined outside frame).

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[CUBA] -- CASTRO, Fidel (1926-2016). 2 posters and a drawing signed by Castro.

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