Actually, it's only "very good" as artwork, not as reproduction. In
fact, I tip my hat to the artist who did the in-painting for being an
honest and honorable person. Here's why: It is obvious he was talented
enough to accurately reproduce the actor's expressions from the title
card if he had wanted to. And he clearly had the original title car to
work from. He deliberately chose to put different, vapid expressions on
the faces of the actors so that anyone who knew their stuff would
immediately recognize that the in-painting was in fact a
not-totally-accurate reproduction. As his final statement to that
effect, look at the line that says "Based on the story by": In the
genuine title card that line is written in both upper and lowercase
letters. In the recreated in-painting on the half sheet that line is in
ALL UPPERCASE letters! The artist very clearly did things that screamed
to any knowledgeable person "this is not exactly like the original, this
is a recreation".
-- JR
Richard Evans wrote:
I'm pretty fussy, but I think it's a very good job considering it's
painted.
It just pales in comparison to the best way to restore lost sections,
using good quality scans from complete examples.
But perhaps now, that isn't the best course of action.
On 30 Aug 2009, at 00:19, Douglas Ball wrote:
Side by side, yes, but when the auction took place it looked damn good!
Doug
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There is indeed a very big difference between the two.
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*Subject:* [MOPO] FRANKENSTEIN 1/2 sheet vs TC from Heritage
Since phil had given the description of the half sheet that
heritage auctioned for 23,500.00, i though it interesting to
show the "paint re-creation" up close, on that poster. i also
am showing the way the art/photo appears from the TC, as the
artwork was the same. the painted re-creation is not very
good. all 4 actors' depictions are off and rather simplistic
in appearance. This can be seen more readily when comparing
side by side (or up and down).
jeff
TC:
TC frank by you.
Half Sheet:
halfsheet-FR by you.
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