Ng, Suat Tong :: Illustration

The Citadel of the Autarch

Artist: Bruce Pennington (Painter)

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Artwork Details

Title:	The Citadel of the Autarch
Artist:	Bruce Pennington (Painter)
Media Type:	Paint - Watercolor
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	12,272
Likes on CAF:	6 7
Favorited on CAF:	4
Comments:	10
Added to Site:	1/13/2011
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Description

Gouache on board. The cover to the British paperback edition of the fourth and final volume of Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun. Considered by many to be one of the most important works of 20th Century Science Fiction, it is also one of my favorite novels in any genre. The British editions were my first encounter with Wolfe's masterpiece and Bruce Pennington's paintings for the four books in the series have never been equalled. This is by no means a costly painting but its value to me far exceeds that of pages many times its price. These covers (especially that for The Shadow of the Torturer; the original is rumored to belong to Wolfe) have shaped how a generation of readers have come to see Severian's world.

Note how the covers for "Shadow" and "Citadel" mirror each other: the light and shadow, the walking and mounted protagonist, the peaks of the man-made and distant structures, and the cross motif.

The focus on the photo above is a bit soft, and the picture was taken under slightly harsh fluorescent lighting conditions.

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	Suat Tong Ng
Joined:	March 2009
Last Login:	September 2025
Website:	http://hoodedutilitarian.com
Country:	SINGAPORE
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Conny Valentina
Member Since 2008

Posted on 1/13/2011

This truly is a stunning piece of art. The colours are amazing, I could stare at it for hours. A hearty congrats on owning such a magnificent piece.

Dries D
Member Since 2008

Posted on 1/20/2011

Hi Suat, in a strange way it reminds me of Caspar David Friedrich's "Wanderer above the Sea of Fog". greetz dries

M,B The collector
Member Since 2008

Posted on 2/4/2011

Hi Suat !! Wooow Really fantastic !! congratulation !! ;-)

Mark Howland
Member Since 2004

Posted on 1/5/2013

Talk about fantastic. Wow!

Seamus O
Member Since 2007

Posted on 4/16/2013

Master piece.

Michel MARCHAL
Member Since 2008

Posted on 6/19/2013

Je ne connais pas, mais c'est superbe... merci pour le partage de ce image en haute qualité.

artless artmore
Member Since 2013

Posted on 1/5/2014

Wonderful piece! Hadn't seen this before, thanks for posting!

Adam Ianbarry
Member Since 2010

Posted on 1/12/2014

Incredible art!!!

Steve R
Member Since 2012

Posted on 5/12/2016

Such a fantastic piece of artwork

Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006

Posted on 9/14/2019

Hes a genius.Wish I had one of his paintings.

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