Bernie Wrightson MEAT LOAF ALBUM COVER Original Art '79
Quite a piece…
Sold For: US $37,000.00 Seller: romitaman ( 1014 )
Description:
MEAT LOAF RECORD ALBUM COVER PAINTING (1979)
Media Type: Painting
Art Type: CoverArtist(s): Bernie Wrightson (all)
WOW! Just feast your eyes on not only the "LARGEST" but arguably the best actual painting Bernie Wrightson ever created! (Not pen and ink with watercolors dropped in as he did on most of his color pieces)…And this masterpiece is most likely the largest painting he EVER CREATED, with an actual art image measuring…31 by 31 inches, and it's framed beautifully! Bernie Wrightson had some HUGE shoes to fill as he was following up Richard Corben's CLASSIC painting cover to the WIDELY successful "Bat Out Of Hell" record album cover painting. THIS record album painting ALSO features the same blond haired "CONAN-LIKE" character from the BAT OUT OF HELL record album cover, but this cover also features 3 beautiful nude women riding on the MONSTER MOTORCYCLE with the Conan-like character as they ride on top of the water while one of the nude women and the male character hold a HUGE banner which I of course reads: "MEAT LOAF" which is promoting the DEAD RINGER record album! So what we ultimately have here is the actual record album cover to meat loaf's second LP album entitled "DEAD RINGER!!" As far as size…….This amazing HUGE piece is close to 1 1/2 to twice the size of anything Wrightson has ever drawn of any significance!…and the quality is far superior…. This is arguably the best Wrightson painting EVER! RUMOR has it that meat loaf bought this painting directly from Wrightson. Meatloaf supposedly sold it when he went bankrupt in the early 80's and the collector who bought it from him had it since then….This painting was done around 1979 about the same time as the Frankenstein plates….But the album got delayed and didn't appear on record stands until 1981. In terms of technique, it's arguably the best painting he ever did….keep in mind… this was done for an "LP cover" for one of the biggest rock artists of THAT time! If you want to own a TRUE piece of Bernie Wrightson, AND "MUSIC" history…….. You REALLY shouldn't pass up this most AMAZING PAINTING! ALL HIGH end pieces of art, including this one, are able to be purchased with VERY fair time payment plan options, and trades are always considered towards this and any other pieces of art on my site here! Just send me an email and we can try to work something out.
