Chantrell One Million Years BC Hammer Painted Artwork

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Original Chantrell painted artwork (11 1/4"x 15 1/2") for Hammer Studios film "One Million Years BC" (1966), this being a pre-production creation c' 1965.

Almost uniquely among British cinema poster artists, Chantrell was employed to create pre-production artwork for mooted films (these for Hammer Studios). In some cases the artwork depicted a proposed poster, this used to try & secure American funding (in these cases the artwork was generally for too explicit to ever make it into print). Other examples, as here, were for pre-production marketing materials (flyers/pamphlets etc). In this particular case the fur clad bikini cavewoman looks nothing like Raquel Welch, indicating the pre-production aspect of the work (Ms Welch not even being cast at this stage).

The artwork is a mixture of colour wash & gouache. The film title has been applied on a separate hand-painted cut-out & the "This Is a Hammer Film" sticker bottom right is a photo-mechanical print. The artwork is on artboard & is protected with a tracing paper overlay. An important piece of Chantrell artwork for one of Hammer Studios most memorable films. For an idea of relative value, please note this recent auction sale of Chantrell Hammer artwork for "Frankenstein Created Woman"(1967) which sold for £10,400 including buyer's fees, 30th May 2024: https://www.ewbankauctions.co.uk/20240530M1-lot-5002?view=lot_detail&auction_id=925

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