Hand-drawn Ralph McQuarrie C-3PO Concept Sketches | STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE (1977)

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Sold Stock #107887 | Sold Oct 18 2019

STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE (1977)

Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction - London - 2019

Hand-drawn Ralph McQuarrie C-3PO Concept Sketches

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A page of hand-drawn Ralph McQuarrie C-3PO concept sketches from the production of George Lucas' Star Wars: A New Hope. Protocol droid C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) accompanied Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) on his quest to rescue Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) from the clutches of the Empire. Production illustrator McQuarrie, who is credited alongside Lucas for the origins of Threepio, created these sketches very early in preproduction on the film.

McQuarrie based the look of the droid on the robot Maria from Fritz Lang's classic Metropolis, although the character ultimately seen on screen was both more masculine and less human-looking. Both illustrations, one presenting a rear view and the other a larger profile of the droid, are rendered together on a single page in mixed media, including coloured pencil and graphite, on lightweight sketch paper. Dimensions: 41.5 cm x 31.25 cm (16 1/4" x 12 1/4")

£8,000 - 10,000 Ω

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