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A hand-illustrated and painted artwork of the USCSS Nostromo from Ridley Scott's Alien, as drawn and painted by artist John R. Mullaney. This lot comes directly from the renowned cutaways artist and technical illustrator. This unique artwork was commissioned, approved and published by 20th Century Studios and Free League Publishing for Alien: The Role Playing Game in 2019. The artwork is rendered in pencil, watercolour, ink and gouache on 300gsm watercolour paper, which is also mounted on foam board. Mullaney has signed and dated the artwork.

The artwork was painstakingly researched using photography of the original bigature constructed by Martin Bower's team at Bray Studios in 1978-9. This reference material provided by 20th Century Studios and Alien archivist Willie Goldman was extensively referenced to ensure accuracy, following close study of the 2D artworks generated by Graham J. Langridge, creator of Alien: The Blueprints.

The artwork originally appeared on pages 184-185 of Free League's RPG publication and will also appear in the forthcoming Evolved Edition. Due to the nature of studio-licensed publishing protocols, this artwork cannot be reproduced for sale as a print, heightening the rarity of the original art. Dimensions: 25 cm x 58 cm (9.75" x 22.75")

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Estimate: £5,000 - 10,000 M


John R. Mullaney is an award-winning filmmaker and internationally-published artist specialising in technical and cutaway art for major sci-fi properties. Mullaney has been commissioned to produce studio-approved published artwork for Star Wars, Alien, Firefly/Serenity, Halo, Warhammer, Batman, Doctor Who and Wall-E. He recently held his first-ever exhibition of original artworks in central London with work spanning a 25+ year career. Notable owners of Mullaney's work include Alien: Romulus director Fede Alvarez.


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