A collection of production-made Tyrell Corporation headquarters building facade model miniature elements from Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. While a large pyramid model was created for the Tyrell Corporation building, "flat" facade photograph-based models of various sizes were created for shots where multiple pyramids were depicted. Photo prints like these were mounted to acrylic backings and lit with neon from behind.

This lot consists of five cut out black-and-white photo prints with four of them hand-marked on the back with information such as "Day II a," "Day II b," "Day III b," and "Night III b," as well as "BR WCP 4.10.81 1," "BR WCP 4.10.81 3," "BR WCP 4.10.81 1," and "BR WCP 4.10.81 7 (FLOPPED);" one partially-cut color print of the pyramid; an acrylic backing with neon tubing remnants wrapped in black tape; and one transparent acrylic backing with a print on it. This lot exhibits creased edges, scratches on the surface, discoloration, and adhesive residue. Dimensions: (largest) 36" x 9.5" (91.5 cm x 24.25 cm)

About Mark Stetson

Visual effects maestro Mark Stetson's singular run in Hollywood began in 1978. After graduating from the prestigious Art Center College of Design, he immediately began a position as an effects props and miniatures artist for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, for which his responsibilities included building such memorable vessels as the workbee, the Constitution-class shuttlebay, and a studio model of the Enterprise itself. After filming concluded, Stetson continued working as a modelmaker, and later model shop supervisor, for Entertainment Effects Group (EEG), hand-making miniatures and other groundbreaking optical effects for acclaimed productions like Blade Runner, Ghostbusters, and Brainstorm under founder Douglas Trumbull.

By 1989, following a stint as model shop supervisor for Richard Edlund's Boss Film Corporation - including positions on such blockbuster productions as Die Hard and Poltergeist II, among numerous others - Stetson had founded his own effects company, Stetson Visual Services, Inc. Over the next 35-plus years SVSI became known for producing pioneering effects sequences for dozens of hit films, running the gamut from action classics like Total Recall, Waterworld, and The Fifth Element to acclaimed franchise installments like The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, and Superman Returns to cult comedies like Coneheads and The Hudsucker Proxy. Stetson's work in this period earned him three Academy Award nominations (and one win), two BAFTAs, and the Visual Effects Society Awards' Founders Award for innovations in the field.

Today, Propstore is proud to offer a hand-picked selection of memorabilia from the personal collection of this once-in-a-generation talent. Accumulated over nearly five decades in cinema, these lots represent a wide range of production materials, including ornately detailed model miniatures, hand-drawn artwork, and rare behind-the-scenes photographs, as well as Stetson's own production paperwork and crew gifts. Stretching across different eras, genres, and styles of production, the Mark Stetson Collection is nothing short of a testament to one of the world's most successful and imitated living visual effects artists.