Hand-Painted Style A U.K. Quad Poster Artwork | STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980)

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Sold Stock #50257 | Sold Oct 29 2015

STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980)

Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction 2015

Hand-Painted Style "A" U.K. Quad Poster Artwork

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Hand-painted artwork for the rare style “A” U.K. quad poster from Irvin Kershner’s Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. This artwork, based on the work of esteemed poster artist Roger Kastel and recreated in landscape format, was created in the United Kingdom by an unknown artist for the production of promotional movie posters. The style “A” quad was in use for only a brief time in London before being replaced with the style “B” quad.

The piece is rendered in acrylic and ink over a printed image of Kastel’s artwork that is adhered to an artist’s board, thus the artwork is a very similar composition to the Kastel piece, with minor differences in layout apparent. The vast majority of the printed image has been completely hand-painted over, with only the edges of the printed piece underneath the artwork visible. The images of Chewbacca, Threepio and Artoo in the bottom left corner of the image have been applied to the artwork as overlays. An open star field on the right side is present for the addition of the film’s title artwork, tagline and credits. The piece was acquired from a former employee of Twentieth Century Fox and is presented in a black wood frame.

Displaying some wear at the edges of the board from use, the artwork remains in very good condition. Dimensions (framed): 3 cm x 95 cm x 78 cm (1 ¼” x 37 ½” x 30 ¾”)

Please note that this lot is sold without copyright or reproduction rights.

£25,000-30,000

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