!! Print is in excellent condition !!
Authenticity: Signed
Condition: 5/5
Career: Established Career Artist
Print Age: 39
Size: 23 x 35 inches
Rarity: P/A
Print is shipped in flat packaging and comes with Provenance card. Free Shipping
This poster promotes the Twenty-Third World University Chess Olympiad, held at the Government Receptions Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The design uses a highly structured geometric composition inspired by the forms of the chessboard and its pieces. Along the upper edge, five separate squares contain stylized details of the rook, bishop, queen, king, and pawn in ochre tones. The central field is dominated by a dark blue form resembling the knight, set against a turquoise background.
The poster belongs to an important chapter in the history of chess and graphic design in Puerto Rico. The Federación de Ajedrez de Puerto Rico (FAPR) was founded in 1934, and Puerto Rico first participated as a team in international chess competition at the IV Central American and Caribbean Games in Panama in 1938.
Beginning in the 1960s, under the leadership of engineer Narciso Rabell, the FAPR developed a remarkable program of commissioning original posters for major chess events. From 1965 through the late 1980s, some of Puerto Rico’s most important 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 posters elevated chess promotion beyond simple event advertising and helped integrate international sport with Puerto Rico’s celebrated printmaking and poster tradition. 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 World University Chess Olympiad poster documents Puerto Rico’s participation in international chess culture while also demonstrating how the island’s artists transformed sporting imagery into sophisticated modern graphic design.
!! Print is in very good condition !!
Authenticity: Signed
Condition: 5/5
Career: Established Artist
Age: 40
Size: 23x35 inches
Rarity: P/A
Print is shipped in flat packaging and comes with Provenance card.
This poster promotes the Twenty-Third World University Chess Olympiad, held at the Government Receptions Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The design uses a highly structured geometric composition inspired by the forms of the chessboard and its pieces. Along the upper edge, five separate squares contain stylized details of the rook, bishop, queen, king, and pawn in ochre tones. The central field is dominated by a dark blue form resembling the knight, set against a turquoise background.
The poster belongs to an important chapter in the history of chess and graphic design in Puerto Rico. The Federación de Ajedrez de Puerto Rico (FAPR) was founded in 1934, and Puerto Rico first participated as a team in international chess competition at the IV Central American and Caribbean Games in Panama in 1938.
Beginning in the 1960s, under the leadership of engineer Narciso Rabell, the FAPR developed a remarkable program of commissioning original posters for major chess events. From 1965 through the late 1980s, some of Puerto Rico’s most important 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 posters elevated chess promotion beyond simple event advertising and helped integrate international sport with Puerto Rico’s celebrated printmaking and poster tradition. 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 World University Chess Olympiad poster documents Puerto Rico’s participation in international chess culture while also demonstrating how the island’s artists transformed sporting imagery into sophisticated modern graphic design.
!! Print is in very good condition !!
Authenticity: Signed
Condition: 5/5
Career: Established Artist
Age: 40
Size: 23x35 inches
Rarity: P/A
Print is shipped in flat packaging and comes with Provenance card.
!! Print is in excellent condition !!
Authenticity: Signed
Condition: 5/5
Career: Established Career Artist
Print Age: 39
Size: 23 x 35 inches
Rarity: P/A
Print is shipped in flat packaging and comes with Provenance card. Free Shipping
