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For Sale - GBP 700 - GUNS FOR PANCHO VILLA (1972) - movie poster painting (prototype)

Artist: Tom Chantrell (Painter)

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Title:	For Sale - GBP 700 - GUNS FOR PANCHO VILLA (1972) - movie poster painting (prototype)
Artist:	Tom Chantrell (Painter)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Prelim
For Sale Status:	For Sale - GBP 700
Views:	1,606
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	0
Added to Site:	9/5/2016
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GUNS FOR PANCHO VILLA prototype artwork by Tom Chantrell

An early proposed poster design, with an image size of approximately 21"x 16", for the 1972 film about the Mexican revolutionary leader, Pancho Villa. Although unused, this remains a typically inventive conceptual design by Chantrell, the bullet ridden woodwork providing a backdrop for dripping blood which reveals an image of the eponymous subject.

As the resulting movie was named ‘Pancho Villa’, this painting suggests that Guns For Pancho Villa was an early working title. The stencil-like image of Pancho is reminiscent of Che Guevara-type posters prevalent during the time.

A nice simple, but highly-effective design, ultimately rejected in favour of a newspaper-style movie poster campaign (also designed and illustrated by Tom Chantrell, the artwork element being the train carnage).

I like both versions (see additional image), even if the actual movie they were designed to promote hardly rates as a classic of the genre . . .

“Pancho Villa is a 1972 American, British and Spanish spaghetti western film directed by Eugenio Martín. The film features Telly Savalas, Clint Walker, Chuck Connors and Anne Francis. Shot in Spain, this ‘brawling spectacle’ has an often-overlooked light-comedy satirical facet, which to this day often confuses the viewers. The storyline was developed during the Vietnam War and reflected certain anti-war sentiments in American society.”

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