TORA! TORA! TORA! By Robert McCall

Original Mixed Media Robert McCall Artwork on Board For Deluxe Lobby Card (29" x 38")
Fine+ on Art Board; Artwork by Robert McCall
20th Century Fox, 1970

This Robert McCall-signed painting features artwork found on the lobby card set and has the stylistic feel of a Japanese sumi-e ink wash painting. So authentic was McCall's artistry that many thought for years that the artwork was by a Japanese artist. McCall painted many images for this classic retelling of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The painting is mounted on a 29" X 38" illustration board with two inches of white on the lower border. The mixed media gouache painting has outer edges that show corner bumps and a larger bend in the upper right corner. There is discoloration near the edges where the artwork was once matted in a frame.

Robert McCall was an American artist known mainly for his space and aviation artworks. McCall's work was used on the original three posters for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and Richard Fleischer's Tora! Tora! Tora! Fox commissioned the artist to produce several paintings for the film.

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