!! Prints are in excellent condition !!
Authenticity: Signed
Condition: 5/5
Career: Established Career Artist
Print Age: 36
Size: 23 x 35 inches
Rarity: Unnumbered
Print is shipped in flat packaging and comes with Provenance card. Free Shipping
This poster announces the Fourth World Youth Chess Festival for Peace, held at Punta Borinqueña in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. The composition places four prominent chess pieces—the bishop, king, pawn, and queen—in the foreground, with a blue-and-yellow chessboard extending behind them amid stylized vegetation. In the upper-left corner, laurel wreaths, silhouetted profiles, and a dove held between two hands introduce a clear visual language of peace, youth, and international cooperation.
The event formed part of Puerto Rico’s growing presence in international chess during the 20th century. The Federación de Ajedrez de Puerto Rico (FAPR) was founded in 1934, and Puerto Rico first participated as a team in international competition at the IV Central American and Caribbean Games in Panama in 1938.
Under the leadership of engineer Narciso Rabell, who served as president of the FAPR beginning in 1960, the federation developed an important program of commissioning original posters for major chess events. Between 1965 and 1988, leading Puerto Rican graphic artists contributed to this body of work, including Lorenzo Homar, Rafael Tufiño, Antonio Martorell, Luis Abraham Ortiz, Eduardo Vera, Antonio Maldonado, Isabel Bernal, Lysette Rosado, José M. Iranzo, José R. Alicea, Ángel Casiano, Ramón Soto, and Luis Alonso.
These commissions transformed chess promotion into a significant branch of Puerto Rican graphic design. In 1986, the FAPR poster collection received a Gold Diploma from the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in recognition of its aesthetic, humanistic, and promotional value.
As a historical object, this poster documents the intersection of youth culture, international chess, peace advocacy, and Puerto Rican poster art. Its combination of chess imagery and symbols of peace reflects the broader ideals of the festival while also placing the work within one of Puerto Rico’s most distinguished graphic traditions.
!! Print is in excellent condition !!
Authenticity: Signed
Condition: 5/5
Career: Established Artist
Age: 37
Size: 23x35 inches
Rarity: Unnumbered
Print is shipped in flat packaging and comes with Provenance card.
This poster announces the Fourth World Youth Chess Festival for Peace, held at Punta Borinqueña in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. The composition places four prominent chess pieces—the bishop, king, pawn, and queen—in the foreground, with a blue-and-yellow chessboard extending behind them amid stylized vegetation. In the upper-left corner, laurel wreaths, silhouetted profiles, and a dove held between two hands introduce a clear visual language of peace, youth, and international cooperation.
The event formed part of Puerto Rico’s growing presence in international chess during the 20th century. The Federación de Ajedrez de Puerto Rico (FAPR) was founded in 1934, and Puerto Rico first participated as a team in international competition at the IV Central American and Caribbean Games in Panama in 1938.
Under the leadership of engineer Narciso Rabell, who served as president of the FAPR beginning in 1960, the federation developed an important program of commissioning original posters for major chess events. Between 1965 and 1988, leading Puerto Rican graphic artists contributed to this body of work, including Lorenzo Homar, Rafael Tufiño, Antonio Martorell, Luis Abraham Ortiz, Eduardo Vera, Antonio Maldonado, Isabel Bernal, Lysette Rosado, José M. Iranzo, José R. Alicea, Ángel Casiano, Ramón Soto, and Luis Alonso.
These commissions transformed chess promotion into a significant branch of Puerto Rican graphic design. In 1986, the FAPR poster collection received a Gold Diploma from the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in recognition of its aesthetic, humanistic, and promotional value.
As a historical object, this poster documents the intersection of youth culture, international chess, peace advocacy, and Puerto Rican poster art. Its combination of chess imagery and symbols of peace reflects the broader ideals of the festival while also placing the work within one of Puerto Rico’s most distinguished graphic traditions.
!! Print is in excellent condition !!
Authenticity: Signed
Condition: 5/5
Career: Established Artist
Age: 37
Size: 23x35 inches
Rarity: Unnumbered
Print is shipped in flat packaging and comes with Provenance card.
!! Prints are in excellent condition !!
Authenticity: Signed
Condition: 5/5
Career: Established Career Artist
Print Age: 36
Size: 23 x 35 inches
Rarity: Unnumbered
Print is shipped in flat packaging and comes with Provenance card. Free Shipping
