Artist: Francisco Sole (Penciller)
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DescriptionNine pairs of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows engraving illustrations hand-drawn by producer engraver Francisco Sole for Roman Polanski's horror thriller film The Ninth Gate. Rare book dealer Dean Corso (Johnny Depp) came upon The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, a book written by 17th-century author Aristide de Torchia whilst the author was in possession of the Delomelanicon, an apocryphal book purportedly written by Lucifer himself.Torchia's book - the film's eponymous MacGuffin - contained nine woodcut engravings, allegedly direct copies of those done by Lucifer in the Delomelanicon, each of which was created for the film by Sole. For each engraving seen onscreen, Sole produced two illustrations: one preliminary concept sketch, and one final sketch. This lot consists of all 18 total sketches, two for each of the nine engravings in Torchia's book. Each is rendered in graphite on card-backed paper and signed by Sole. The pairs come within brown card folders hand-numbered 1 to 9 in Roman numerals. Also included is a black plastic folder from production labelled "Sketches." Dimensions (each): 21 cm x 30 cm (8.5" x 11.75") Sold without copyright; see copyright notice in the Terms and Conditions. Estimate: £3,000 - 6,000 Ω See Online Here: https://propstoreauction.com/lot-details/index/catalog/462/lot/179723/298-Nine-Pairs-of-Hand-drawn-Francisco-Sole-The-Nine-Gates-of-the-Kingdom-of-Shadows-Engraving-Illustrations-THE-NINTH-GATE-1999?url=%2Fauctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F462%3Fpage%3D1%26view%3Dgrid%26cat%3D9232%252C10712%252C10524%26catm%3D2%26order%3Dorder_num%26xclosed%3D1%26featured%3D0 Social/Sharing |
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