This original 1982 poster was designed by Spanish artist Eduardo Arroyo for the Madrid host city of the FIFA World Cup held in Spain. Entitled The Goalkeeper, it formed part of an important collection of fifteen artist-designed posters created for the tournament’s principal event and host cities.
The composition depicts a goalkeeper seen from behind, wearing a cap and an imposing black jacket inscribed “Madrid 1982” in expressive red lettering. A small football incorporated into the lower typography completes the connection between Arroyo’s enigmatic figure and the international sporting event.
Arroyo combines broad areas of black, ochre, orange and red with simplified, sharply defined forms characteristic of his figurative style. Published by Maeght and printed by Litografías Artísticas, this poster printed in lithograph is additionally dedicated and signed by hand by the artist in the lower margin.
Eduardo Arroyo was a Madrid-born painter, graphic artist, author and stage designer associated with politically engaged European figuration. His distinctive visual language frequently employed isolated silhouettes, popular imagery and narrative ambiguity, transforming apparently familiar subjects into compelling and psychologically charged images.
A particularly desirable signed example of this celebrated World Cup design, this original poster would make an excellent addition to a collection devoted to football, Spanish art, international sporting events or twentieth-century graphic design.
Original poster
Sport - Football - Spain
Dedicated and signed by hand by the artist - World Cup
Maeght - Litografias Artisticas
Good condition
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