A painting of Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera
Universal Pictures, 1925. Acrylic on canvas, signed ("Turso") to lower right, and signed ("Mike Turso / 1996") to the reverse, framed. A suspenseful portrait of Lon Chaney in his most recognizable role as the deformed Phantom whose obsessive love for an opera singer wreaks havoc at the Paris Opera House.
Overall: 22 x 30 in.; within frame: 20 x 28 in.
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Universal Pictures, 1925. Acrylic on canvas, signed ("Turso") to lower right, and signed ("Mike Turso / 1996") to the reverse, framed. A suspenseful portrait of Lon Chaney in his most recognizable role as the deformed Phantom whose obsessive love for an opera singer wreaks havoc at the Paris Opera House.
Overall: 22 x 30 in.; within frame: 20 x 28 in.