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Charles Vess - Lord of the Rings Illustration

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Comics Start Price:160.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
Charles Vess - Lord of the Rings Illustration
<B>Charles Vess - "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Shelob's Lair" Illustration Original Art (1979).</B></I> Sam Gamgee holds the fearsome Shelob at bay after she has subdued Frodo Baggins in this eerie tableau painted by famed fantasy artist Charles Vess. "There agelong she had dwelt, an evil thing in spider-form, even such as once of old had lived in the Land of the Elves in the West that is now under the Sea, such as Beren fought in the Mountains of Terror in Doriath, and so came to Luthien upon the green sward amid the hemlocks in the moonlight long ago. How Shelob came there, flying from ruin, no tale tells, for out of the Dark Years few tales have come. But still she was there, who was there before Sauron, and before the first stone of Barad-Dur and she served none but herself, drinking the blood of Elves and Men, bloated and grown fat with endless brooding over her feasts, weaving webs of shadow; for all living things were her food, and her vomit darkness." This magnificent mixed-media painting has an image area of 15.75" x 10.5", and the art is in Excellent condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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