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Hand-drawn Stay Puft Marshmallow Man expression concept sketches from Ivan Reitman's supernatural comedy Ghostbusters. Concept sketches helped production finalize designs.

These two pages of concept sketches come from the collection of Ghost Shop creature effects supervisor Stuart Ziff. Rendered in blue pencil and graphite, one page features six sketches of a character turnaround of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man's head, and the second page features two sketches of an angry Stay Puft. The second page is hand-marked with "option B" and a line drawn to the left figure in black pen. This lot exhibits discoloration from age, faint fold lines, and notable marks. Dimensions: 11" x 8" (28 cm x 20.5 cm)

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This lot comes from the collection of effects pioneer Stuart Ziff. Upon moving to Edlund's Entertainment Effects Group (later renamed Boss Film Studios) in 1983, Ziff headed the 50-person "Ghost Shop" responsible for the groundbreaking demonic special effects in Ivan Reitman's comedy classic Ghostbusters. Numerous ghosts and spectral phenomena created for the picture, including the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man's costume, immediately landed in the American pop culture lexicon, where they've remained for nearly four decades. Propstore is proud to offer never-beforeseen production materials from Stuart Ziff's pioneering work on Ghostbusters, alongside other one-of-a-kind memorabilia from his 40-plus-year career as a Hollywood pioneer.

Estimate: $1,200 - 2,400

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