Lot 177 - Ralph McQuarrie-Etched The Ark of the Covenant Bible Page Copper Etching | INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)

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INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)

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Lot # 177 - Ralph McQuarrie-Etched "The Ark of the Covenant" Bible Page Copper Etching

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A copper etching of a Bible page depicting "The Ark of the Covenant" etched by Ralph McQuarrie for Steven Spielberg's action-adventure film Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) and Brody (Denholm Elliott) used a Bible page to demonstrate the immense power of the Ark of the Covenant.

This copper plate was personally etched by McQuarrie and used by him to print the famous Bible page illustration depicting the Ark of the Covenant with faux latin text on the bottom.

According to McQuarrie in The Art of Ralph McQuarrie: Archives, the figures in the etching were based on Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) crew members, and took multiple designs to render correctly. The final etching was then printed onto rice paper, which was in turn colored and mounted into the Bible prop.

The plate is numbered "10B743" with McQuarrie's initials etched - in reverse, for printing purposes - in the bottom left corner. It exhibits some discoloration from exposure and oxidation. Dimensions: 14" x 9.5" x 0.5" (35.75 cm x 24.25 cm x 1.5 cm)

Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000

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Item size: 14" × 9.5" × 0.5" (35.56cm × 24.13cm × 1.27cm)

This item comes with a Propstore Certificate of Authenticity

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