Petulia

N.p. N.p., 1973. Vintage Cuban poster for the Cuban release of the 1968 film, designed by Eduardo Muñoz Bachs.

Based on the 1966 novel "Me and the Arch Kook Petulia" by John Haase, about a newlywed socialite who relentlessly pursues a physician for an affair. Shot on location during the Summer of Love in San Francisco, with appearances by Janis Joplin and The Grateful Dead that are not so much cameos as they are part of movie’s atmosphere. Entered into competition at Cannes in 1968, before that year’s festival was canceled.

Eduardo Muñoz Bachs was a revered Cuban artist best known for his over 2,000 movie poster designs. His work also encompassed comics, children's book illustration, and animation. Bachs is also noted for having designed the first poster for the Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematograficos (ICAIC), founded shortly after the Cuban Revolution to produce and promote Cuban films.

20 x 30 inches. Very Good plus, with faint rubbing and a spot of scratching to the upper mid center.

Rosenbaum 1000.

[Book #127868]