Programa de Navidad 1977 screen print poster

Object Details

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.

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

Artist: Contreras, Jose Melendez
Sponsor: Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education
Donor: Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education

See more items in: Puerto Rico Division of Community Education [DIVEDCO] Poster Collection; Puerto Rico Division of Community Education [DIVEDCO] Poster Collection / Series 1: Events / 1.1: Holidays

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

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.

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.)