MIRO, TAPIES, SAURA, ARROYO.... UP TO 15. "15 LITHOGRAPHIC POSTERS XII FOOTBALL WORLD CUP" SPAIN 82
Complete collection of the 15 official posters of the XII World Cup in Spain 1982, all measuring 95 x 60 cm. It includes the posters of each of the 14 venues where World Cup matches were held (although in some two fields were used), plus the one commissioned to Joan Miró to commemorate the sporting event. The commission was made to a group of the most relevant artists of the moment and was carried out by the Maeght Gallery (founded in 1936) characterized by promoting new artistic currents until becoming the largest publisher worldwide. This collection of posters is considered one of the most important in modern poster art. The authors of the posters for the various venues are (in alphabetical order by city): Alicante (Pierre ALECHINSKY), Barcelona (Antoni TÀPIES), Bilbao (Eduardo CHILLIDA), La Coruña (Gudmundur ERRO), Elche (Jiri KOLAR), Gijón (Gérard TITUS-CARMEL), Málaga (Roland TOPOR), Madrid (Eduardo ARROYO), Oviedo (Pol BURY), Seville (Antonio SAURA), Valencia (Valerio ADAMI), Valladolid (Vladimir VELICKOVIC), Vigo (Jacques MONORY) and Zaragoza (Jean Michel FOLON). The official poster for the 1982 World Cup was the Artwork of the Catalan artist Joan Miró (1893-1983) and was the first to be presented to the public in December 1980 at the Palace of Congresses and Exhibitions in Madrid. Entitled “The Party”
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