Bust Cuba BC003 Jose Marti With Signature 1953

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Price: 25.00 euro
Size: 12x7cm./4.7×2.7inch.
Weight: 346gr./12.2oz.
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Bust made in Cuba of Jose Marti. On the front of the bust is a signature and on the back it reads:”National Commission of Centennial Jose Marti 1853-1953″.
José Julian Martí y Pérez (1853-1895) was one of the leaders during the Cuban Independence War and also a valued poet and writer. Nowadays he is seen as Cuba’s most important national hero. In Vedado is the Martí Monument and the Cuba cemetery in Santiago de Cuba is a mausoleum in his memory.
In addition to a great writer, poet and journalist, Martí was also a painter. In 1867 he followed drawing and painting lessons at the Havana art academy. Partly because an independence revolt had broken out in Oriente, the colonial authorities were not pleased with criticism and José Martí was arrested in March 1869 and thrown in prison.
Four months later during the court session, Martí accepted the responsibility for this accusation and in his final plea he claimed Cuba’s right to independence. He was sentenced to six years in prison. On April 11, 1895, Martí led a landing of Cuban bannings and joined the troops of the Rebal General Máximo Gómez. Martí died during a battle against Spanish troops in the Battle of Dos Ríos on May 19, 1895.

Bust Cuba BC002 Camilo Cienfuegos

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(50.21)

Price: 75.00 euro
Size: 24x14cm./9.4×5.5inch.
Weight: 1746gr./61.5oz.
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Bust made in Cuba of Camilo Cienfuegos. Very rare and old bust made of plaster. The bust has been touched by time, with some chips and at one time somebody repainted the bust. Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriarán (1932-1959) was a Cuban revolutionary born in Havana. Along with Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Juan Almeida Bosque, and Raúl Castro, he was a member of the 1956 Granma expedition, which launched Fidel Castro’s armed insurgency against the government of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. He became one of Castro’s top guerilla commanders, known as the “Hero of Yaguajay” after winning a key battle of the Cuban Revolution.
He was appointed head of Cuba’s armed forces shortly after the victory of Castro’s rebel army in 1959. He was presumed dead when a small plane he was traveling in disappeared during a night flight from Camagüey to Havana later that year. Many have speculated and conspiracies have arisen concerning his mysterious disappearance. Cienfuegos, whose name translates in English to “a hundred fires,” is revered in Cuba as a hero of the Revolution, with monuments, memorials, and an annual celebration in his honor.

Bust Cuba BC001 Jose Marti

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(50.21)

Price: 135.00 euro
Size: 28×13.5cm./11×5,3inch.
Weight: 9500gr./335oz.
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Very old and extremely heavy bust of Jose Marti. It has been touched by time and has a beautiful patina. José Julian Martí y Pérez (1853-1895) was one of the leaders during the Cuban Independence War and also a valued poet and writer. Nowadays he is seen as Cuba’s most important national hero. In Vedado is the Martí Monument and the Cuba cemetery in Santiago de Cuba is a mausoleum in his memory.
In addition to a great writer, poet and journalist, Martí was also a painter. In 1867 he followed drawing and painting lessons at the Havana art academy. Partly because an independence revolt had broken out in Oriente, the colonial authorities were not pleased with criticism and José Martí was arrested in March 1869 and thrown in prison.
Four months later during the court session, Martí accepted the responsibility for this accusation and in his final plea he claimed Cuba’s right to independence. He was sentenced to six years in prison. On April 11, 1895, Martí led a landing of Cuban bannings and joined the troops of the Rebal General Máximo Gómez. Martí died during a battle against Spanish troops in the Battle of Dos Ríos on May 19, 1895.