VIRGIL FINLAY (1914-1971) "On the Storm Planet."
VIRGIL FINLAY (1914-1971)
"On the Storm Planet." Illustration published in an installment of Cordwainer Smith's story "Quest of the Three Worlds" in Galaxy Magazine Volume 23 #3, page 40 (Galaxy Publishing, 1965). Pen and ink on paper. Image measures 235x162 mm; 9½x6½ inches, on 11¼x8½-inch sheet. Signed "Virgil Finlay" in ink, lower right image, lower margin containing his Westbury, Long Island address and the story title with "3. page 42-45 of galleys" below it. Cornered to window matte and framed.Provenance: Heritage Auctions, May 2018; thence to the private collection of a numismatist.A characteristic and richly inked, detailed image created for this issue of the famed sci-fi magazine.
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VIRGIL FINLAY (1914-1971)
"On the Storm Planet." Illustration published in an installment of Cordwainer Smith's story "Quest of the Three Worlds" in Galaxy Magazine Volume 23 #3, page 40 (Galaxy Publishing, 1965). Pen and ink on paper. Image measures 235x162 mm; 9½x6½ inches, on 11¼x8½-inch sheet. Signed "Virgil Finlay" in ink, lower right image, lower margin containing his Westbury, Long Island address and the story title with "3. page 42-45 of galleys" below it. Cornered to window matte and framed.Provenance: Heritage Auctions, May 2018; thence to the private collection of a numismatist.A characteristic and richly inked, detailed image created for this issue of the famed sci-fi magazine.
