Lot 681 - Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction - Hand-Painted Yoda Portrait with Personalised Frank Oz Signature

Sold Stock #112891 | Sold Oct 8 2019

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (2017)

Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction - London - 2019

Lot # 681 - Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction - Hand-Painted Yoda Portrait with Personalised Frank Oz Signature

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A hand-painted portrait of Yoda, the legendary Jedi Master who most recently appeared in Rian Johnson's Star Wars: The Last Jedi. This artwork was created by James Hance and has been donated to this auction. The proceeds from this sale will go towards supporting the family of the late animatronics designer and creature effects artist Steve Wright.

One of the final projects Wright worked on as part of Neal Scanlan's creature effects department was recreating the iconic Yoda character for Rian Johnson's The Last Jedi, with Wright collaborating for over a year with puppeteer Frank Oz prior to filming.

The painting is rendered in acrylics on canvas board in varying shades of blue, with hints of brown applied on Yoda's robes. Highly detailed, the artwork captures Yoda with his wispy hair, pointed ears and solemn facial expression. The artist's signature features on the bottom-left corner, and to commemorate this special auction, Frank Oz has agreed to agreed to break his personal protocol personalise his signature to the new custodian of this lot. Dimensions: 60.5 cm x 45.5 cm x 1.5 cm (23 3/4" x 18" x 1/2")

It's the loudmouths and the complainers whom I have no time for. It’s the people who are quiet and brilliant and good who just hunker down and do their jobs with a good attitude—they’re the ones I value. That was STEVE. Jim Henson was like that too. I have a lot of time for people like that. I was lucky to have had time with Steve working on Yoda together. Frank Oz

All hammer proceeds from this item are being donated to the family of Steve Wright. Frank Oz has added that the new owner will also receive a picture of him holding the painting for additional proof of authenticity. This item comes with the endorsement and consent of Disney and Lucasfilm Ltd.

£400 - 600 M
Size

Item size: 23.82" × 17.91" × 0.59" (60.5cm × 45.5cm × 1.5cm)

This item comes with a Propstore Certificate of Authenticity

This item is located in London.

This item is located in Los Angeles.