$11,875
One of eight pieces of original pre-production art created by Colin Cantwell for George Lucas in imagining the spaceships that might populate the Star Wars (20th Century, 1977) universe, circa 1974/1975. This full-color mixed media (predominantly colored pencil) illustration features the second of two X-Wing Fighter designs depicted in this collection of early pre-production artwork. Cantwell created the X-Wing Fighter in design and name with his original artwork and prototype model designs. In this illustration, the X-Wing is depicted two times, in the two different modes. Half of the illustration depicts the X-Wing Fighter in attack mode (with wings open on each side, forming the iconic “X”). It is also firing lasers from the armament on each wing. Two pilots appear in the cockpit, positioned in tandem, wearing orange suits and helmets, much like Luke Skywalker does in the original trilogy. In the bottom left of the artwork, the X-Wing Fighter is seen in a much smaller scale shown in flight mode, with wings close, appearing to make a landing on the surface of a planet. In the upper left corner of the artwork is a schematic-style design showing the craft head on, with wings in close and attack (“X”) modes. This version of the two designs features more of the “used” look of the Star Wars universe that was ultimately adopted. The ship appears to be flying in space toward a moon-like planet with a barren surface showing crater impacts. From the collection of Cantwell, who was
Auctioneer:
Juliens Auctions
Date:
2014-12-05
