Final Artwork for UK Quad Poster (1982) | THING, THE (1982)

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Sold Stock #97777 | Sold Dec 4 2018

THING, THE (1982)

Cinema Poster Live Auction - November 2018

Final Artwork for UK Quad Poster (1982)

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Artist: Les Edwards and Jim Burns

The original Led Edwards final painted artwork for the Quad poster for John Carpenter's 1982 horror-sci-fi classic "The Thing" (this design also adapted for use in Spain, Belgium, Australia, Germany, Japan, France and Italy). Firmly rooted in the world of fantasy-horror and sci-fi, Edwards was principally a book-jacket illustrator but occasionally undertook poster commissions too. "The Thing" represents Edwards best known film poster. The Artwork is spectacularly large (42" x 43") created this way so that the fine detail carried over into the smaller Quad poster size. Originally the landscape was more rugged but the distributor drafted in fellow sci-fi illustrator Jim Burns to soften this imagery (this is a unique Edwards-Burns collaboration).This painted Artwork is one of the rarest pieces of finished Quad poster illustration known to exist. NB. image of the Quad poster shown for comparison and not included in this Lot sale.

42" x 43" (107 x 109 cm)
Condition: Good

The Artwork is in very good condition being oil paint on hardboard. There are a few minor scuffs and a very faint pencil line approx. 7" in from left side running vertically. These marks were made when the Artwork was being photographed at the printers.

Please note this lot is sold without copyright, reproduction rights, licensing agreements or any other type of legal release.

£7,000 - £8,000