Manas Para Robar (The Flow of Robberies) Artist: Unknown Date: 1980s Medium: Gouache on Illustration Board Dimensions: 12 1/2" x 16" Condition: Excellent Original Use: Original Poster Art for Manas Para Robar Price: $900.00 Above: Full View of Artwork Two Old West ladies of the night jiggle at gunpoint, alongside snakes, lizards and spiders, as a hooded villian creeps around the corner to rob a bank. It is a modernized, hyper sexualized, yet quaint look at the old West abounding with cowboy hats and spurs. The charm of the Mexican Movie art genre shines through with this homage to and reenvisioning of low American B-movie culture and popular cheesecake illustration. Above: Detail of Verso Above: Detail of Illustration Grapefruit Moon Gallery is pleased to offer this collection of vintage 1970's-1980's original commissioned illustrations for the Mexican movie industry. These gouache paintings borrow from and expand upon the style and iconography of lurid and spicy pulp fiction illustrations. Damsels in distress, vampires, and noir crime scenes abound in these striking illustrations. Recently, there has been a burgeoning interest in Mexican calendar, poster, and movie art, and the potential for this new to the market genre is only going to continue to grow! Search for more art by Unknown Top of Page | Return to The Screening Room index | Home Look in All Categories About Us Pulp & Men's Magazines Original Advertising Art Illustration & Cover Art Pin-up & Glamour Art The Screening Room Photographs & Print Decorative Arts Fine Art Artists Sorry, It's Sold! for This search facility can find single words or continuous phrases that appear in the text of this website. Use the Advanced Search facility to locate pieces added to the site between a specific date range.