Lot 107 - Hand-Painted Mothership Lighting Concept Illustration | CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)

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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)

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Lot # 107 - Hand-Painted Mothership Lighting Concept Illustration

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A hand-painted mothership lighting concept illustration from the production of Steven Spielberg's sci-fi film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The dazzling, massive extraterrestrial mothership crash landed at Devils Tower, where its passengers formally encountered Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) and the humans in the iconic finale.

This illustration was created to plan a composite shot of the ship's arrival. It consists of a printed photograph of the live-action scene adhered to black illustration board and taped over with a clear plastic cel hand-painted with the mothership's elaborate lighting scheme. The illustration is labelled "M76A-Z" in two places and believed to be rendered by production illustrator George Jenson. The board exhibits pinholes, worn borders, and some grime from production and age. Dimensions: 15.25 cm x 28 cm (6" x 11")

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Estimate: £3,000 - 5,000 Ω

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Item size: 11.5" × 6" × 0.25" (29.21cm × 15.24cm × 0.64cm)

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