Curator's note:
The original title of the painting used in this poster is: Guevara
Original vintage propaganda poster - The Palestinian. Published by the friends of Jerusalem. Aref El Rayess (or Aref Rayess) (1928 in Aley, Lebanon – 2005) was a Lebanese painter. Born in Aley (1928), Mount Lebanon, Aref El Rayess started his career as a self-taught artist exhibiting for the first time in 1948. He lived in Africa for many years during which he traveled between Senegal and Paris. In Paris, he joined the studios of Fernand Léger, André Lhote, Marcelle Marso and Ossip Zadkine while studying at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. In 1957, he returned to Lebanon, but left again for Florence in 1959 with a scholarship from the Italian government. From 1960 to 1963, he lived in Rome where he went on studying and exhibiting. In 1963, he returned to Lebanon. Aref El Rayess was a prolific artist, mainly known as a painter, he also practiced etching, sculpture and tapestry. One of his tapestries, The Signs of Cadmus, is part of the collection of the Unesco Palace in Paris. Good condition, light creasing, staining. County: Lebanon, year of printing:1968, designer: Aref Rayess, size (cm): 58x43
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Dan Walsh
2:54 PM (2 hours ago)
to Deric
Hello Deric,
Thanks for sending that url...very interesting stuff.
PPPA has most of those posters but the ones we do not have we will add and place a credit for you and also a link to your web site.
http://www.palestineposterproject.org/poster/crisis-in-art
Q: Can u send us bette/bigger jpegs of the posters we want to add? There may be 8 or ten or so. We need to read artists' signatures, dates, small print.
best,
Dan Walsh/PPPA
portobello@woosh.co.nz
4:31 PM (1 hour ago)
to me
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Hi Dan
will do, wait until all are posted then let me know which ones and I will photograph them properly for you
regards
Deric
From: Dan Walsh
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 8:54 AM
To: Deric Blackler
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Deric Blackler
2:33 AM (15 hours ago)
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Submitted on Monday, January 25, 2016 - 07:33
Submitted by anonymous user: [101.98.197.85]
Submitted values are:
Your name: Deric Blackler
Your e-mail address: portobello@woosh.co.nz
Message:
hi, have just purchased a large collection of Palestinian posters half of
which I have put on line, maybe of interest to you. I have a few that are on
your wanted list. I will post the rest in a day or two
regards deric
http://nzposters.blogspot.co.nz/2016/01/collection-of-posters-1967-1980s.html
The results of this submission may be viewed at:
http://palestineposterproject.org/node/878/submission/897