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Bernie Wrightson Moonpool Painting Original Art (1978)....
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Description
Bernie Wrightson Moonpool Painting Original Art (1978). Few artists' names conjure up images of the macabre like Bernie Wrightson. His superlative work on Swamp Thing and other horror titles for DC and Marvel has attained legendary status. Wrightson's dark illustrations are even more effective due to the meticulous attention to detail he gives to each element of the composition. Who better to create a spine-tingling werewolf transformation scene than this fantasy art legend? This work was originally created for a print that Christopher Zavisa's Land of Enchantment intended to produce. It would have been the last in a series done in the seventies which included "Conan," "Visitor," "Bad Doin's," "Loggerhead," "Hunter," and "Taking No Chances," but the print was never published. This masterwork hails from a fertile period that most collectors consider the artist's peak -- the mid-to-late seventies, leading up to Wrightson's incredible adaptation of Frankenstein -- in fact, the concept of this image was reflected in a subsequent plate for that volume. Along with other masterpieces created for portfolios and posters during the legendary time of "The Studio," this iconic image was first reproduced in the Wrightson monograph, A Look Back in 1979, and then much later, as card #41 in FPG's 1993 card set, Bernie Wrightson: Master of the Macabre. This spectacular mixed-media painting has an image area of 17" x 23", and it is in Excellent condition.More information about Bernie Wrightson. See also: Wrightson, Bernie, Berni Wrightson Artist.
Auction Info
2009 November Signature Comics & Comic Art Auction #7013 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
November, 2009
19th-21st
Thursday-Saturday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 16
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