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A matte painting of the Capitol building hand-painted by matte painter Matthew Yuricich for Michael Anderson's Logan's Run. In the post-apocalyptic 23rd century, Logan 5 (Michael York) and Jessica 6 (Jenny Agutter) stumbled upon an Old Man (Peter Ustinov) in the dilapidated ruins of the US Capitol.

To achieve the haunting shot of the building in a state of vine-covered decay, Yuricich painted over an enlarged photograph applied to masonite with shellac, a technique he had been introduced to decades earlier using black-and-white prints of photographs as a matte artist at 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Yuricich received a special Academy Award® for his groundbreaking visual effects work, earning him a reputation amongst science-fiction fans and cinephiles alike as a master film artist.

The painting, a complete painting without any blank space for live-action footage to be composited in, is rendered in mixed media on masonite, hand-marked "Logan's Run," "Shot 106 - SC301X17-3 Ext. Capitol-Steps," and "#2" along the borders, and signed by Yuricich. However, this being a color print per the directives of special effects visual designer L.B. "Bill" Abbott, the color ink seeped through into Yuricich's paint and affected the color, leaving the painting with a pink hue. Also included is a modern-printed "working composite" photo print that illustrates the painting as seen in the film, prior to the photo-background shifting color to red.

The color photograph beneath this matte still exhibits an uncorrected red dye. The matte also exhibits a slash at the center, and the borders remain unpainted with some chipping to its right corner. Dimensions: 66" x 28" x 0.25" (167.75 cm x 71.25 cm x 0.75 cm)

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Estimate: $8,000 - 16,000



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