The Art of Ralph McQuarrie

Celebration Japan Exclusives

The Art of Ralph McQuarrie is pleased to announce their exclusive
releases for Star Wars Celebration Japan which will be held at
the Makuhari-Messe in Chiba, near Tokyo, July 19-21, 2008.

Following in their line of 30th Anniversary concept art prints created
for Star Wars Celebration IV and Star Wars Celebration Europe, two new
prints, each limited to 125 individually numbered copies showcase two
more of Ralph McQuarrie's original Star Wars production painting
concepts from original pencil drawing to finished painting.

These pieces will be available in the Art of Ralph McQuarrie booth in
the artist area while supplies last.

In addition to the limited art prints, The Art of Ralph McQuarrie is
excited to announce the Star Wars Ralph McQuarrie Tribute poster,
created to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Star Wars in Japan.

In 1976, visionary artist Ralph McQuarrie created a concept for a Star
Wars one-sheet poster that would inspire artists around the globe;
Darth Vader standing before the Death Star, towering over our young
heroes.

Ralph retired in the late 90s, never having completed a painting of
his original poster concept. This piece of Star Wars history has been
missing until now.

As a tribute to McQuarrie, noted artist and sculptor Lawrence Noble
picked up a paintbrush for the first time in years to complete a
painting based on Ralph's original concept art.

"We wanted to do this in the style of a poster from 1977. It was a
wonderful project to work on - I enjoyed picking up a paint brush
after so long. The poster was even produced in the same size (27" x
41") as the original Star Wars 1977 Theatrical U.S. one-sheet," notes
Noble.

This Star Wars Celebration Japan store exclusive is limited to 2000
copies and has a retail price of $25 US.

Lawrence Noble first met Ralph McQuarrie at a Northern California art
show (Space: Fantasy & Reality) organized by noted art collector
William Plumb. Both artists worked on exclusive show posters for the
event. Noble will be attending Star Wars Celebration Japan, and as
with Star Wars Celebration IV and Celebration Europe, he will be
sculpting a Star Wars character bust throughout the weekend at the
show - this time of Luke Skywalker.

Lawrence Noble is the designer of many motion picture advertising
campaigns including Time After Time; Flash Gordon; Sharky's Machine;
The Empire Strikes Back (10th Anniversary Poster) and more recently,
he produced sculptures for Searching for Bobby Fischer and The Rock.
Samples of his work can be seen on his official website.

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The Art of Ralph McQuarrie Book

"I cannot think of a more impressive finale to my career than this book. It's fabulous
- it's beyond my wildest imagination."

-Ralph McQuarrie on The Art of Ralph McQuarrie
Ralph McQuarrie brought the vision of George Lucas to life and has become one of the most important visionary artist of our time. This is his life's work brought together for the first time. This 400 page book covers Ralph career from the his early works in Aviation to his last Star Wars painting, This book is limited to 2000 copies world wide in 3 different editions. Don't miss out on this wonderful presentation of one of our most cherished artist that has inspired so many.

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 Images of book pages and reviews from some of our customers

 -The book just arrived, and as you already know, it's a joy to flip through. Absolutely astounding the range of his work, great to see some of his personal creations.

-Got my book today. It is wonderful. Really really wonderful.


-I just received my standard copy of The Art of Ralph McQuarrie. Talk about inspiration. Who can criticize this book ? It's huge, has a lot of pictures and a very clean layout. This was the kind of compilation I was looking for. It probably take me a year to browse the artwork.

-Finally finished reading The Art of Ralph McQuarrie last night. It seemed like there was a masterpiece waiting for me on every page. I want to thank you guys for the work you did. Not only is it great to have all this incredible artwork in one place (finally), but you "rescued" some of his more obscure work from future anonymity. It will now always be available for us to enjoy, and for that you have my deepest gratitude.


-You folks really outdone yourselves with this masterpiece. The presentation of the material and the design of the book to the beautiful slip case is truly stunning. In my opinion, it is every dollar well spent.

-Just received my signed, slip cased book and I can't rave about it enough! I'm proud to have this book in my collection and wish Ralph (and you guys that put it together) all the best.

 


-I just received the Art of Ralph McQuarrie and wanted to say thanks to you and your staff for the book and the effort of making it! All though if you're a fan, which I'm sure you are, it was probably a labor of love. It was a long time waiting but well worth it! It's a beautiful book.

-I had a chance to go through the book and it is just incredible. You guys did a great job with this book so thanks to both you and Stan for making this treasure of McQuarrie goodness happen.

-Received book...ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL! I'M SO PLEASED WITH THIS PURCHASE! It was well worth the wait.

 



A new website is on its way in July. Stay tuned for a brand new look.

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