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The Frightened Hero

Poster
early 1960s (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (artist)
Place of origin
Cuba (made)

Colour screen print.


Object details

Categories
Posters
Caribbean
Object type
Poster
Titles
  • The Frightened Hero (generic title)
  • El Heroe Tiene Miedo (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour screen print.
Screen Printing
Brief description
Colour screen print poster advertising the showing in Cuba of a film produced in the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, titled 'The Frightened Hero', directed by Frantisek Filip. Cuban.
Physical description
Colour screen print.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.2cm
  • Width: 51.4cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969.
Credit line
Given by the Ewan Phillips Gallery
Subjects depicted
Heroes
Advertising
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.436-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O692925/the-frightened-hero-poster-unknown/
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