A bold tribute to the Osborne Bull and the Spirit of the Spanish Nation where the black silhouette of the bull, originally created in 1956 by the artist Manolo Prieto as a roadside advertising billboard for the Osborne sherry company and standing at heights of up to 14 metres against the Spanish sky, became over the following decades so deeply embedded in the visual identity of the Spanish landscape and the Spanish national psyche that when European Union regulations required the removal of roadside advertising in the 1990s, the Spanish public rose in passionate protest to preserve the bulls, the regional governments of Andalusia, Castile, and others declared them protected elements of cultural heritage, and the bulls remain today as unofficial national symbols beloved across Spain and recognized worldwide as an icon of Spanish identity, where the bull in Spanish culture carries the weight of centuries of bullfighting tradition, the corrida de toros that has been practised on the Iberian Peninsula since ancient times and which Hemingway celebrated in The Sun Also Rises and Death in the Afternoon as a ritual of life and death possessing the gravity of a religious ceremony, and where the Osborne bull's transformation from commercial advertising to cultural icon reflects the Spanish capacity to find in the simplest image the deepest expression of national character.
Product Details
Size: 2"x2" (5x5 cm)
Material: Glossy film over photo paper print, metal frame, plastic base with magnet
Weight: 20g
Magnet strength: Strong, holds securely on fridges and metal surfaces
Made in Canada 🍁
Why You'll Love It
Country Identity: Celebrate Spain's Osborne bull and Spanish national flag Iberian heritage
Perfect Gift 🎁: Ideal for Spain lovers and Spanish bull Iberian culture fans
Versatile Display 🧲: Looks great on any fridge or metal surface
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