101
ROBERT MCGINNIS (1926- ). BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S. 1961. 41x27¼ inches, 104¼x69¼ cm. Paramount Pictures Corp., [Los Angeles].
Estimate:
$5,000 - $7,500
Sold
$5,000
Live Auction
Vintage Posters & Graphic Design
Description
ROBERT MCGINNIS (1926- )
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S. 1961.
41x27¼ inches, 104¼x69¼ cm. Paramount Pictures Corp., [Los Angeles].
Condition A- / B+: overpainting in margins; minor creases and restoration in image and along vertical and horizontal folds.
McGinnis created paintings for many magazines, including The Saturday Evening Post, Good Housekeeping, Guidepost, and National Geographic). He was also a trailblazer in pulp fiction and paperback novels illustration, having designed over 1,200 paperback covers. More than 40 movie posters bear his artwork, some of the most recognizable being this Breakfast at Tiffany's design, as well as several James Bond movies, and The Odd Couple. McGinnis was elected to the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1993. (https://robertmcginnis.com/).
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S. 1961.
41x27¼ inches, 104¼x69¼ cm. Paramount Pictures Corp., [Los Angeles].
Condition A- / B+: overpainting in margins; minor creases and restoration in image and along vertical and horizontal folds.
McGinnis created paintings for many magazines, including The Saturday Evening Post, Good Housekeeping, Guidepost, and National Geographic). He was also a trailblazer in pulp fiction and paperback novels illustration, having designed over 1,200 paperback covers. More than 40 movie posters bear his artwork, some of the most recognizable being this Breakfast at Tiffany's design, as well as several James Bond movies, and The Odd Couple. McGinnis was elected to the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1993. (https://robertmcginnis.com/).
