This design comes from a historical internationalist solidarity poster about Chile, which I have carefully restored and recolored by hand in order to preserve this interesting piece of history. The original poster was made in 1976 by Ernesto García Peña, in Havana, for OSPAAAL (Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America.) The original title of the work is: "El pueblo chileno aplastará al fascismo" or “The Chilean People Will Smash Fascism” which may be derived from a quote by Fidel Castro during a solidarity speech.
Historically, the poster sits in the aftermath of the 11 September 1973 coup in Chile, when the armed forces overthrew socialist President Salvador Allende (the subject of the poster, who wielded an AK rifle given to him by Castro to defend himself during the coup) and established a military dictatorship. The resulting dictatorship killed or 'forcibly disappeared' thousands of Chileans.
Keep in mind that all posters are shipped separately from other items due to the necessity of shipping in a rolled poster tube in order to prevent bending or damage to the poster while in transit.
Artwork is fit to paper size to allow for proper framing without cropping the edges of design, however, we cannot guarantee that every possible frame (especially those with mats or large moulding) will not crop the edges of the artwork, due to the wide variety of frames on the market.
• Unframed and ready for framing
• Shipped in rolled poster tube to prevent bending in transit
• Museum-grade archival matte paper
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%