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Auction: 23147 - Original Vintage Film Posters
Lot: 91

Star Wars (1977)
Original British poster, Hildebrandt style
Artist: The Hildebrandt Brothers, Greg Hildebrandt (b. 1939) and Tim Hildebrandt (1939-2006)

Unframed: 30 x 40 in. (76 x 102 cm)

Linen backed

The Hildebrandt Brothers were commissioned to design this poster for the British release of the film. Star Wars was released in America in May 1977, and did not get released in the UK until December of the same year. By the time the film was released in the UK, the studio felt that the characters were already well known, and the Hildebrandt Brothers' artwork did not reflect this. Therefore they commissioned a completely new poster by Tom William Chantrell. This rare original design was used mainly in London on the underground a few months before the release of the film, and was then replaced by Chantrell's poster.

This is one of the rarer British posters on this title, as far fewer of this style were produced and even fewer survived.

This was where it all begun back in 1977, when George Lucas brought us the beginning of the Star Wars empire.

Excellent condition, colours remaining very bright, very minor restoration to folds. This poster appears to have only two fold lines, opposed to the standard six folds.

Material of piece: Paper, backed on linen

LITERATURE:

Science Fiction Poster Art, Aurum Press Limited, 2003, p. 138

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Estimate
£7,000 to £10,000