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A die-cut sticker featuring a detail of Los Peloteros (The Baseball Players), 1951, by Lorenzo Homar.
Lorenzo Homar was a pioneering printmaker, poster designer, calligrapher, painter, illustrator, caricaturist, and designer of costumes, jewelry, and theater sets. Active from the 1950s through the 1990s, his impact and influence as a teacher of poster design and printmaking in Latin America is equaled by few.
This is the first poster that Homar designed for the División de Educación de la Comunidad (Division of Community Education, DIVEDCO). It advertises the Puerto Rican film Los Peloteros (The Baseball Players) and draws heavily on the realist style of Ben Shahn, an American artist admired by both Homar.
Directed by Ukrainian photographer and designer Jack Delano, the movie tells the story of how a group of underprivileged boys devise a plan to obtain uniforms for their baseball team, stressing the theme of community action. The director had previously worked as a documentary photographer for the WPA but permanently settled in Puerto Rico in 1946. His wife Irene worked for DIVEDCO, and often hired her husband to compose scores for films produced by the organization.
Manufactured by Busy Beaver Button Co. Measures 4 x 1.5 inches.