US One-Sheet - Style C Centrifuge Artwork, 1968 | 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)

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Sold Stock #138784 | Sold Dec 16 2021

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)

Cinema Poster Live Auction - Winter 2021

US One-Sheet - Style C 'Centrifuge' Artwork, 1968

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As the artist commissioned by the US space agency NASA to document the space program's achievements, Robert T. (Bob) McCall was the logical choice for Stanley Kubrick to spearhead the cinema poster marketing campaign for "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968). McCall's designs for the film have become legendary with this "Centrifuge" Style C by far the rarest. The Style C was only used in US cinemas presenting the film in the Cinerama aspect (much like today's Imax) and since only a very small number of venues presented like this, these posters were distributed in extremely limited quantities. Of particular note with this style is McCall's use of scale and perspective. A rare poster for an incredibly important film and the first time we have offered one in a Prop Store auction.

27" x 41" (69 x 104 cm)

Condition: Very Good to Excellent

Conservation linen-backed with light restoration. Fold lines have been touched in and flattened out and are almost undetectable. Overall this displays to excellent effect.

Artist: Robert McCall

£4000 - 6000

VAT Status: M
Size

Item size: 43" × 28.5" × 0.04" (109.22cm × 72.39cm × 0.1cm)

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