ENTERTAINMENT MEMORABILIA: A PLANET OF THE APES CONCEPT MAQUETTE
Circa 1970
The carved and painted wooden maquette in brown felt tasselled robe and blue fabric sleeves and cape, 41cm high, on wooden base; Together with a letter written by David Croser concerning the provenance
Bidding ended. Lot is unsold.
Provenance:
Gifted to the current owner in 1994 by a friend who worked in the film and
theatre industry.
The Planet Of The Apes series began with the acclaimed feature film in 1968,
starring Charlton Heston. The success of this film led to four sequels between
1970 and 1973, a live-action TV series in 1974, and an animated TV show in 1975
entitled Return To The Planet Of The Apes.
The maquette is understood to be one of a small number of concept models
made during the productions of the films. They would have been used to maintain
the visual concept of the productions, and as points of references for the
animated series.
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