THE MOS EISLEY CANTINA POP-UP BOOK (1995) Hand-Drawn Ralph McQuarrie Cover Concept Sketch with Printed Cover Mock-Up

A concept sketch hand-drawn by Ralph McQuarrie for the cover of Kevin J. Anderson's and Rebecca Moesta's The Mos Eisley Cantina Pop-Up Book with a printed mock-up of the cover. The final book cover ultimately differed from this mock-up, instead depicting the interior of the Cantina. As the children's book's primary illustrator, renowned Star Wars franchise artist McQuarrie created multiple concept artworks featuring an X-34 landspeeder, the model owned by the Lars family and piloted by Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in Star Wars: A New Hope.

McQuarrie is widely considered one of the seminal Star Wars artists, having designed the look of Darth Vader, C-3PO, R2-D2, and countless other elements of the original film. McQuarrie was one of Lucas' first collaborators on Star Wars and created numerous concept sketches and production paintings that were used to convey Lucas' vision to those working on the film, and were later used to market it. McQuarrie's paintings were published in portfolios well-known to Star Wars collectors.

This lot consists of a sketch of a landspeeder rendered in graphite and colored pencil on bordered tissue paper for a preliminary cover illustration, as well as a color-printed mock-up of the preliminary illustration with a printed title overlay. McQuarrie did line drawings on tissue paper or vellum and then traced over them to transfer outlines to illustration board when creating his paintings. The sketch is also featured on page 348 of the Abrams publication Star Wars Art: Ralph McQuarrie. It is applied with tape in one corner, and both pages exhibit smudging. Dimensions: (largest) 12" x 9.75" (30.5 cm x 25 cm)

Sold without copyright; see notice in the Buyer's Guide.

Sold without copyright; see notice in the Buyer's Guide.

Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

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