Luca Michelucci Lot n° 59

The Battle of the Pelennor fields, 1998 acrylics and airbrush on thin cardboard 25 x 36.5 cm Original illustration made by Michelucci for "The Battle of the Pelennor fields," published for the first time in the famous JRR Tolkien Calendar 1999 for the month of March by Rusconi Libri in 1998. Michelucci with this calendar has established himself internationally as one of the most talented and appreciated interpreters of the Tolkenian universe. A museum piece. "Despair turns into hope when the banner with the White Tree of Gondor, surrounded by seven stars and surmounted by a crown, the coat of arms of Elendil, is unfolded on the black ships of the corsairs. " Signed, dated and titled. LITERATUREexhibitions : Lucca Comics - Palazzo Ducale (1998), "Images from Middle-earth" Rome - Villa Celimontana (2004)