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RICHARD AMSEL. ORIGINAL MOVIE ILLUSTRATION.

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WATERCOLOR, ACRYLIC, COLORED PASTELS, AND PENCIL ON BOARD. SIGNED RIGHT CORNER. INSCRIBED WITH TITLE ON VERSO. ILLUSTRATION FOR THE MOVIE "VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED". APPROX. 34-1/2" X 26-1/2". OUTSTANDING WORK.
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Richard Amsel began his career by winning the "Hello Dolly" movie campaign from 20th Century Fox while still an art student at the Philadelphia College of Art. His illustrations and celebrity portraits have been seen by literally millions of people around the world in ads, on movie posters, TV Guide, record and magazine covers. Other TV Guide covers include from 1974's definitive Lucille Ball through Katherine Hepburn, Shogun, Elvis Presley, The Royal Wedding/Charles and Diana, to 1985's Nancy Reagan, Cagney and Lacey and Miami Vice. His portrait of Lily Tomlin in white top hat and tux, assigned as a cover for Time Magazine, is now part of the permanent collection at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.

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