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Enric - SF Painting and Preliminary Drawing for Starbrite Original Art (undated).

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Enric - SF Painting and Preliminary Drawing for Starbrite Original Art (undated).
<B>Enric - SF Painting and Preliminary Drawing for Starbrite Original Art (undated).</B></I> Enrique Torres, who often signs his work Enric or Enrich, is best known for his lovely paintings of Vampirella. As far as this illustration is concerned, we'll eat our hats if that's not a Cylon from "Battlestar Galactica" menacing the hero and the damsel. Enric paints the background using muted chromatic, grey hues, which make the vivid red and blue hues of his figures' costumes even more striking by contrast. His handling of the subtle flesh tints as seen in light and shadow is unparalleled. The painting is oil on unstretched canvas paper, and measures an overall 14.5" x 20", with an image area of 11" x 17.75". The lot includes a very tight, pencil preliminary sketch of the cover design. Production notes penciled at the top of the sketch indicate it was done for Bantam Books, presumably for a "Galactica" tie-in series. The overall paper size measures 9" x 12.5", with an image area of 6.5" x 10.25". Enric has signed the art in the lower right on both pieces, and they are each in Excellent condition. <BR><BR><B>Important notice:</B> Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 20% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid.