(WARNER BROTHERS STUDIOS / DAVID NEGRON 1935-)
"The Skin Game." Group of four film set designs for the 1971 Warner Brothers comedy western. Gouache on board. Average size 460x890 mm; 18x35 inches and the fourth, 21x35 inches, image. Each framed to roughly 23x40 inches, with original Warner Bros. label excised and taped to frame verso. A poster of the film accompanies the lot.Skin Game was a 1971 film starring James Garner, Lou Gossett Jr., Ed Asner, and Susan Clark, directed by Paul Bogart. The story takes place in 1857, as con man Quincy Drew and his African-American friend Jason O'Rourke swindle slave owners into buying Jason, who's a free man, and later share the profits when Jason escapes captivity. Hollywood's take on the hypocrisy of slavery and interracial friendship.The scenes depicted include: Calloway Home (interior), Calloway Ranch (exterior), Countryside, Missouri, and the largest of the four, Saloon, Bitter End (interior).