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THE DARK CRYSTAL (1982)

Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction: Los Angeles Spring 2025

Lot # 601. Hand-Colored Brian Froud Stellar Concordance and Hand-Painted Gelfling Stellar Illumination Artwork - Sold on Propstore.com, Apr 1, 2025

"Greater stellar concordance artwork and Gelfling stellar illumination artwork, the former hand-colored and the latter hand-painted by conceptual and creature designer Brian Froud for the production of Frank Oz's and Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal.

Rendered on paper, the Gelfling stellar illumination artwork is annotated "57.4%," "B," and "162" in pencil in the bottom right corner. The greater stellar concordance is rendered on a piece of blue acetate, hand-colored in brown ink, and adhered to a card panel.

The Gelfling Stellar illumination appears on page 32 of The World of the Dark Crystal book, which states, "the design of the piece pre-dates the Division of urSkeks and the darkening of the Crystal, though the style of execution is indisputably of a later period. The piece when made must have represented a hopeful memory rather than a known experience." The greater stellar concordance appears on page 33 of the book, and it describes it as "one of a number associated with the observatory, believed to have been cast by Aughra herself." Dimensions (greater stellar): 21.5" x 22.5" (54.75 cm x 57 cm)"

— penguin covers tag game

thank you, @wifewulf, for the tag!

I made two covers for The Middlewoods and two covers for A Door Into Blue Mountain. I wrote more here originally, but it made the post super long! enjoy the covers :)

finally, I want to see @drbronnerbutch and @haustel and @brownpaperhag do this as well!

THE DARK CRYSTAL (1982)

1021. Hand-coloured Brian Froud "Skeksis Spiral Journey" Artwork - Sold on Propstore.com

"This hand-coloured, production original artwork provides a floor-plan of the throne chamber in the Skeksis' castle. It features entwined serpents, together with inlaid circles within a triangle laid over a hexagram. Originally created by the urSkeks, the Skeksis' predecessor species, the throne room was intended to represent a great branching polyhedron of intertwined fates, with the circles representing focal points of the energy generated by the cosmic serpents. The print also features annotations by Froud, as well as text written in the language of the Skeksis. Dimensions: 14 cm x 29 cm (5.5" x 11.5")

The handwriting in this lot have been professionally authenticated by expert Garry King; see notice in the Buyer's Guide."

Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction: Los Angeles Spring 2025

Lot # 86. Hand-Painted Brian Froud skekUng the Garthim-Master Artwork - Sold on Propstore.com, April 29, 2025

"SkekUng the Garthim-Master artwork hand-painted by conceptual and creature designer Brian Froud for the production of Frank Oz's and Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal.

skekUng is hand-painted onto a card panel with Froud's name hand-signed and the date "1981" inscribed within the artwork in the bottom right corner. Additional annotations of "20.5%" is handwritten inside the bottom border of the piece, while "104.7%", "13 3/8" and "76%" are handwritten inside the right border, with all these inscriptions rendered in pencil.

This artwork appears on page 91 of The World of the Dark Crystal book, which describes it as "a vivid portrait of skekUng the Garthim-Master clutching his staff of power. Much of skekUng's power must have come from his ability to assume positions of geometric harmony, unusual for a Skeksis; the overlay in the portrait clearly reveals this." Dimensions: 22.75" x 17.25" (57.75 cm x 44 cm)"