Keegan, Jim and Ruth - MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION: RICHARD WILSON Cover
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Jim & Ruth Keegan pencils and inks; wraparound cover; 2018; image size 20" x 13"
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Jim & Ruth Keegan pencils and inks; wraparound cover; 2018; image size 20" x 13"
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A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
Jim & Ruth Keegan pencils and inks; wraparound cover; 2018; image size 20" x 13"Depicting Jim Keegan’s iconic work for the long ago sold-out limited-edition Masters of Science Fiction hardcover (over 700 pages). Published in January 2018 as the wrap-around cover to the crème de la crème collective works from Richard Wilson’s career in science fiction. Extraordinary!
The art is accomplished in ink over graphite on paper and measures approximately 21.5 x 15 inches. The artists signed the work in two locations; beneath Saturn in white paint and in the lower right margin in pencil. The art is in excellent condition.
Richard Wilson (1920-1987), a member of the near-legendary Futurians, is considered by many to have been one of the most consistently excellent writers of science fiction. A journalist by trade, Wilson brought to his fiction a crisp economy of style and a precise language in a field often criticized for overly-florid prose. With stories running the gamut from the humorous to bone-chilling horror and everything in between, Richard Wilson could quite accurately be said to have written something for everyone.
From a private collection.
Images of the published cover are for reference only.
Read More about this piece at earthshinestudios.com
Artist Information
Jim Keegan is an American artist and illustrator as well as a lifelong fan of comics. As a child, he was fascinated with Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts and tried to learn everything he could about the artist’s process. He was also heavily influenced by; E.C. Segar, Roy Crane, Milton Caniff and Hal Foster. In the world of comics, artist such as Steve Ditko’s Spider-Man through the more modern works of John Byrne and Frank Miller also spoke to him. Ruth Keegan is an American artist who met Jim Keegan in art school. She states that Jim was the first person she ever met who liked comics. She grew up in a very small town and comic books were really hard to find. As with Jim, she was a fan of Peanuts as well as of Mad Magazine.
Jim & Ruth Keegan pencils and inks; wraparound cover; 2018; image size 20" x 13"Depicting Jim Keegan’s iconic work for the long ago sold-out limited-edition Masters of Science Fiction hardcover (over 700 pages). Published in January 2018 as the wrap-around cover to the crème de la crème collective works from Richard Wilson’s career in science fiction. Extraordinary!
The art is accomplished in ink over graphite on paper and measures approximately 21.5 x 15 inches. The artists signed the work in two locations; beneath Saturn in white paint and in the lower right margin in pencil. The art is in excellent condition.
Richard Wilson (1920-1987), a member of the near-legendary Futurians, is considered by many to have been one of the most consistently excellent writers of science fiction. A journalist by trade, Wilson brought to his fiction a crisp economy of style and a precise language in a field often criticized for overly-florid prose. With stories running the gamut from the humorous to bone-chilling horror and everything in between, Richard Wilson could quite accurately be said to have written something for everyone.
From a private collection.
Images of the published cover are for reference only.
Read More about this piece at earthshinestudios.com
Artist Information
Jim Keegan is an American artist and illustrator as well as a lifelong fan of comics. As a child, he was fascinated with Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts and tried to learn everything he could about the artist’s process. He was also heavily influenced by; E.C. Segar, Roy Crane, Milton Caniff and Hal Foster. In the world of comics, artist such as Steve Ditko’s Spider-Man through the more modern works of John Byrne and Frank Miller also spoke to him. Ruth Keegan is an American artist who met Jim Keegan in art school. She states that Jim was the first person she ever met who liked comics. She grew up in a very small town and comic books were really hard to find. As with Jim, she was a fan of Peanuts as well as of Mad Magazine.