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Bruce W UNITED STATES
Member Since March 2015
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Richard Powers, cover for The Impossible Man

Location: Richard Powers
Artist: Richard Powers  (All)

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Richard Powers, cover for The Impossible Man
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Location: Richard Powers
Title: Richard Powers, cover for The Impossible Man*
Artist:  Richard Powers  (All)
Media Type: Mixed Media
Art Type: Cover
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 444
Likes on CAF: 0
Comments: 6
Added to Site: 3/23/2020

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Cover painting (with painted collage elements) for J.G. Ballard's The Impossible Man, Berkley, 1966. Purchased from Stuart Schiff some years ago. People who knew him say Powers was no respecter of his originals, and thought nothing of carving up old paintings to make new ones, as seen here. UPDATE: Thanks to John Davis, I've learned that this painting includes chunks from the covers of Starshine (Bantam, 1956) and Rogue Moon (Gold Medal, 1960).


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Member Since: March 2015
Last Login: July 2026
Ebay Id: magnus523
Country: UNITED STATES
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Mark Levy Member Since 2004
Posted On 3/23/2020

I was all excited to see one of my favorite characters from planet Poppup but this is pretty cool as well!

 artless artmore Member Since 2013
Posted On 3/24/2020

Interesting piece!  I especially like the upper left component to this.  Thanks for posting!

 John Davis Member Since 2014
Posted On 3/24/2020

I love it!  But yeah, too bad some of his earlier pieces had to be sacrificed in the process : (

In this case it appears his cover for Rogue Moon (1960) was the donor.  It is also interesting that Powers not only cut the piece up but he also painted over it and made little additions.

 Bruce W Member Since 2015
Posted On 3/24/2020

John Davis wrote:
"  I love it!  But yeah, too bad some of his earlier pieces had to be sacrificed in the process : (
In this case it appears his cover for Rogue Moon (1960) was the donor.  It is also interesting that Powers not only cut the piece up but he also painted over it and made little additions.
 "

Thanks so much, John! Yep, sure looks like it. One of the reasons I joined was to learn more.

 John Davis Member Since 2014
Posted On 3/24/2020

John Davis wrote:
"  I love it!  But yeah, too bad some of his earlier pieces had to be sacrificed in the process : (
In this case it appears his cover for Rogue Moon (1960) was the donor.  It is also interesting that Powers not only cut the piece up but he also painted over it and made little additions.
 "

Oh, and I just decoded that abstract piece on the right -- it is from Star Shine (1956)!

 Bruce W Member Since 2015
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Posted On 3/24/2020

John Davis wrote:
"  Oh, and I just decoded that abstract piece on the right -- it is from Star Shine (1956)!
 "

Ho-lee crap. I will update the description and give your sleuthing full credit. Thanks!

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