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A hand-illustrated and painted artwork of the Clone Swamp Speeder from George Lucas' Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, as drawn and painted by artist John R. Mullaney. This lot comes directly from the renowned cutaways artist and technical illustrator. This unique artwork was commissioned and published by Lucasfilm/Disney and Dorling Kindersley for their title Star Wars Complete Vehicles Incredible Cross Sections. The artwork is rendered in pencil, watercolour, ink and gouache on 300gsm watercolour paper, which is matted. Mullaney has signed and dated the artwork. Developed by Lucasfilm concept artist T.J. Frame, this IPS design (Infantry Support Platform) first appeared in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. Lucasfilm supplied a render of the 3D model asset to Mullaney, who was tasked with rendering the vehicle as a hand-painted artwork to make it consistent with the other artworks in DK's series. He was also briefed to add the two clone troopers to the vehicle, with the eventual artwork signed off for publication by Doug Chiang and Lucasfilm/DK's licensing team.
The artwork has since appeared in multiple editions of DK's best-selling Star Wars Complete Vehicles title to which he has since contributed multiple cross-section artworks. This painting is notable for being Mullaney's first published artwork of a Star Wars vehicle following his contribution of multiple location artworks to DK's Inside the Worlds of Star Wars series - which includes his aerial view of Mos Eisley and the Yavin rebel base from A New Hope. Mullaney's next set of cutaway commissions for the series will be published to tie in with the May 2026 release of Lucasfilm's forthcoming movie The Mandalorian and Grogu. Due to the nature of studio-licensed publishing protocols, this artwork cannot be reproduced for sale as a print, heightening the rarity of the original art. Dimensions: 30 cm x 40.5 cm (11.75" x 16")
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Estimate: £3,000 - 6,000 M
John R. Mullaney is an award-winning filmmaker and internationally-published artist specialising in technical and cutaway art for major sci-fi properties. Mullaney has been commissioned to produce studio-approved published artwork for Star Wars, Alien, Firefly/Serenity, Halo, Warhammer, Batman, Doctor Who and Wall-E. He recently held his first-ever exhibition of original artworks in central London with work spanning a 25+ year career. Notable owners of Mullaney's work include Alien: Romulus director Fede Alvarez.
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