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A hand-painted Mark Sullivan South Seas Club matte painting section from the production of Joe Johnston's action adventure film The Rocketeer. Cliff Secord (Bill Campbell) narrowly escaped Neville Sinclair's (Timothy Dalton) goons at the South Seas Club by donning his Rocketeer costume and blasting through the domed window of the building and out over the Hollywood Hills.

This is a remaining 4-foot section from the original 15-foot wide matte background painting created for the shot of Cliff soaring away from the club by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) matte painter Mark Sullivan. The painting, which features the key element of the shot, the fictional South Seas Club next to the famous Egyptian Theater amongst an expansive Hollywood cityscape, is rendered in mixed media, signed by Sullivan in the bottom left corner, and framed with ridged black wood. The original painting had to be large as a camera move was shot on it to track with the flying Rocketeer miniature, and this piece was salvaged when it was struck after production. Mark Sullivan is one of a small number of modern Hollywood matte painters and has worked on an extensive list of titles. The artwork is in good overall condition with some scuffing, dinging, and tape residue to the frame from handling and storage. Dimensions: 51" x 48" x 0.5" (129.5 cm x 122 cm x 1.5 cm)

Sold without copyright; see notice in Buyer's Guide.

Estimate: $6,000 - 8,000