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拍品專文
ART BY KAROLY GROSZ.
THE INVISIBLE MAN IS ONE OF THE KEY EARLY 1930S HORROR FILMS FROM UNIVERSAL STUDIOS. AFTER VIEWING THE ROUGH CUT OF THE FILM, STUDIO HEAD CARL LAEMMLE ORDERED A MAXIMUM EFFORT ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN RESULTING IN THIS IMPRESSIVE STONE LITHOGRAPH POSTER WHICH UNDOUBTEDLY HELPED THE FILM RESCUE ITS MAKERS FROM BANKRUPTCY.
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS ONE-SHEETS FROM THIS PERIOD ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER. THE TWO HIGHEST PRICES EVER ACHIEVED FOR A FILM POSTER AT AUCTION WERE FOR SUCH EXAMPLES, THE MUMMY, 1932 ($453,000) AND FRANKENSTEIN, 1931 ($198,000) BOTH OF WHICH FEATURED ARTWORK BY KAROLY GROSZ.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AN EXAMPLE OF THIS POSTER HAS APPEARED AT AUCTION.
THE INVISIBLE MAN IS ONE OF THE KEY EARLY 1930S HORROR FILMS FROM UNIVERSAL STUDIOS. AFTER VIEWING THE ROUGH CUT OF THE FILM, STUDIO HEAD CARL LAEMMLE ORDERED A MAXIMUM EFFORT ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN RESULTING IN THIS IMPRESSIVE STONE LITHOGRAPH POSTER WHICH UNDOUBTEDLY HELPED THE FILM RESCUE ITS MAKERS FROM BANKRUPTCY.
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS ONE-SHEETS FROM THIS PERIOD ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER. THE TWO HIGHEST PRICES EVER ACHIEVED FOR A FILM POSTER AT AUCTION WERE FOR SUCH EXAMPLES, THE MUMMY, 1932 ($453,000) AND FRANKENSTEIN, 1931 ($198,000) BOTH OF WHICH FEATURED ARTWORK BY KAROLY GROSZ.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AN EXAMPLE OF THIS POSTER HAS APPEARED AT AUCTION.