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Programa de Navidad 1977 [screen print poster]

American History Museum

Programa de Navidad
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Object Details

Artist

Contreras, Jose Melendez

Sponsor

Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education

Donor

Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education

Collection Donor

Archivo General de Puerto Rico

Collection Citation

Puerto Rico Division of Community Education Poster Collection, 1940-1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Scope and Contents

Jose Melendez Contreras began his career in the DIVEDCO workshop in 1952 and worked there as a graphic artist for posters and as a book illustrator until 1977. This is one of the last posters he made for DIVEDCO. A master of angular compositions, in this Christmas poster he shows a close-up of a musician singing and playing a traditional guiro with typical island architecture and mountains behind him. (From exhibition text by Marvette Perez.)
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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8020fe51e-90a1-4c46-b9a8-a34054f7f963

Local Numbers

AC0615-0000006.tif (AC Scan) 1997.3100.08 (Museum Cat. No.)

Exhibitions

In the exhibition "Posters from the Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO) of Puerto Rico, 1948-1989," Sept. 17, 2008-Jan. 18, 2009, at the Smithsonian's S. Dillon Ripley Center.

Place

Puerto Rico -- 20th century

Topic

Musicians
Christmas
Politics -- Puerto Rico

Artist

Contreras, Jose Melendez

Sponsor

Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education

Donor

Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education

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Puerto Rico Division of Community Education [DIVEDCO] Poster Collection
Puerto Rico Division of Community Education [DIVEDCO] Poster Collection / Series 1: Events / 1.1: Holidays

Extent

1 Poster (Ink on paper., 68.3 x 47.7 cm.)

Date

1977

Container

Map-folder 8

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Type

Archival materials
Posters
Screen prints

Collection Rights

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Genre/Form

Posters -- Puerto Rico
Screen prints

Collection Restrictions

Collection is open for research.
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Record ID

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