Thornton Utz
Noir Illustration Art Original, 1949
Gouache on Heavy Illustration Board
17 1/5 × 13 in | 43.7 × 33 cm
Copyright The Artist
$ 8,000.00
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Known for his Saturday Evening Post covers, Thornton Utz paints a noir interior story illustration. What makes this work distinctive is the artist's ominously otherworldly, vivid green-and-black color scheme. The...
Known for his Saturday Evening Post covers, Thornton Utz paints a noir
interior story illustration. What makes this work distinctive is the
artist's ominously otherworldly, vivid green-and-black color scheme. The
emotive use of unnatural color, as if from an alien light source,
creates the narrative's eeriness and makes it a stellar example of noir
illustration. Signed lower right: Utz. Unframed - Publication:
Magazine
article illustration for "The Gun with Wings" by Rex Stout, American
Magazine, December, 1949. 20 x 16 1/8 in. (50.8 x 41 cm.) board size -17
1/8 x 13 live area
Caption: "The weapon told a grim tale of murder, masked as suicide..."
interior story illustration. What makes this work distinctive is the
artist's ominously otherworldly, vivid green-and-black color scheme. The
emotive use of unnatural color, as if from an alien light source,
creates the narrative's eeriness and makes it a stellar example of noir
illustration. Signed lower right: Utz. Unframed - Publication:
Magazine
article illustration for "The Gun with Wings" by Rex Stout, American
Magazine, December, 1949. 20 x 16 1/8 in. (50.8 x 41 cm.) board size -17
1/8 x 13 live area
Caption: "The weapon told a grim tale of murder, masked as suicide..."