Editorial Carteles, S.A. (cover design: Rodríguez Radillo, director: Alfredo T. Quilez), "Carteles," December 8, 1935, Vol. XXIV, No. 49. Offset print, magazine.

This December 1935 issue of "Carteles" features another masterful Art Deco illustration by Rodríguez Radillo, this time depicting an elegant woman in a floor-length black gown holding a dramatic orange ribbon that forms sweeping curves across the composition, culminating in a blue star at chest level. The figure's sophisticated pose, stylized features with dark hair and red lips, and the flowing decorative element evoke both 1920s fashion illustration and the graphic vocabulary of international Art Deco design. The background employs bold horizontal stripes in tan, brown, and grey tones that create dynamic movement and spatial depth, while the star element introduces a patriotic or celebratory motif appropriate for the holiday season. Radillo's design demonstrates how "Carteles" covers functioned as miniature posters—arresting visual statements that combined commercial appeal with artistic ambition. The woman's confident stance and direct gaze, along with her sophisticated evening wear, address an aspirational readership invested in cosmopolitan style and modern femininity. Published over a year after the previous cataloged issue, this cover shows both continuity in "Carteles"'s visual approach and Radillo's evolving style, with this composition employing flatter, more geometric forms than the atmospheric naturalism of the October 1934 nude. The magazine's consistent 10-cent price point and Quilez's continued directorship provided stability during a period when Cuba was attempting to establish democratic governance following the tumultuous events of 1933-1934. These "Carteles" covers from the mid-1930s represent a high point in Cuban commercial graphic design—a moment when the island's visual culture participated fully in international modernist movements while maintaining distinct Caribbean sensibilities that would later be reclaimed and transformed by revolutionary designers seeking to create authentically Cuban visual languages.