Ray Harryhausen Hand-drawn Giant Chicken Concept Art | FOOD OF THE GODS (1976)

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Sold Stock #70996 | Sold Dec 11 2020

FOOD OF THE GODS (1976)

Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction - London - 2020

Ray Harryhausen Hand-drawn Giant Chicken Concept Art

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This lot will be sold on Tuesday, 1st December (day 1 of the auction.) Lots 1-463 will be sold on day 1 (lots 464-913 will be sold on day 2). The auction will begin at 2:00 pm GMT. Lots are sold sequentially so there is no preset ending time. A live streaming broadcast of the auction will be available on auction days.

A hand-drawn Ray Harryhausen concept sketch (c.1961) showing giant chickens from an unrealised adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel, The Food of the Gods. This artwork is one of very few drawings for this project, which would also have featured giant wasps and rats. Wells' story intrigued Harryhausen, and it was an idea he tried to revisit later in his career.

The sketch is rendered in pencil on vellum, and shows an English village under attack from a group of giant chickens, with incredulous villagers looking on. The edges of the paper are irregularly cut, and the lot displays minor wear, folds from age, and some tape remnants on the rear. Dimensions: 40.5 cm x 50.5 cm (16" x 19 3/4")

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Literature

The final key art version of this image is featured on page 196 of The Art of Ray Harryhausen by Ray Harryhausen and Tony Dalton, and on page 287 of Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life by Ray Harryhausen and Tony Dalton, both published by Aurum.

Estimate: £1,000 - 2,000 †Δ

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