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308. Douglas Trumbull Collection: Set of Five Hand-Painted and Hand-Drawn Ralph McQuarrie Production

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:2,000.00 USD Estimated At:4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD
308. Douglas Trumbull Collection: Set of Five Hand-Painted and Hand-Drawn Ralph McQuarrie Production
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BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE RIDE (1991-2007) - Douglas Trumbull Collection: Set of Five Hand-Painted and Hand-Drawn Ralph McQuarrie Production Illustrations and Concept Sketch - Five hand-painted production illustrations and a hand-drawn concept sketch by Ralph McQuarrie from the production of the Universal Orlando theme park ride Back to the Future..The Ride. Based on the Back to the Future film series and directed by special photographic effects artist Douglas Trumbull with Les Mayfield, the ride served as a mini-sequel to Back to the Future Part III with famed artist McQuarrie as its conceptual designer.

This lot comes from the collection of Trumbull. It consists of five hand-painted production illustrations of the DeLorean traveling into the age of dinosaurs rendered in mixed media on illustration board as well as one sketch of a large dinosaur attacking the vehicle rendered in mixed media on paper. This lot exhibits grime on the boards, as well as minor tears on the sketch's edges. Dimensions: (largest) 9" x 6" x 0.25" (15.25 cm x 23 cm x 0.75 cm)

Sold without copyright; see notice in the Buyer's Guide.Visual effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull was born in Los Angeles in 1942. After abandoning architecture for technical drawing and cartooning, his talent for photorealism soon earned him work at Graphic Films, an esteemed Hollywood studio for which he designed groundbreaking cosmic effects for the 1964 New York World's Fair. After seeing Trumbull's work, director Stanley Kubrick hired him to create animations and VFX shots - including the iconic Star Gate sequence - for what would become his seminal masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey. From that film's success, Trumbull became one of the industry's most trusted photographic effects experts, designing and producing legendary screen moments in such sci-fi landmarks as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and Blade Runner, all three of which earned him Academy Award& reg; nominations. In addition to directing the cult classics Silent Running and Brainstorm, Trumbull later received a Scientific and Engineering Award for his high-speed photography process Showscan in 1993, one of two specialty awards given to him by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences before his death in 2022. 60 years since he first made his mark on global cinema, Propstore today celebrates Douglas Trumbull by presenting a selection of rare memorabilia from his personal collection to the public.


Estimate: $4,000 - 8,000

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