Bombshells to Blasters, An Auction You Can't Refuse Pt. 1

Lot #131:

Rick Carter Collage and Mural from Jurassic Park

First Time To Auction

Universal, 1993. Production Designer Rick Carter's original concept collage and the resulting monumental painted mural highly visible on the wall of the Visitor's Center restaurant in Jurassic Park. Inspired and based upon the world-renowned 1937 Pablo Picasso anti-war painting "Guernica," artist Carter set about designing a wall mural that would grace a central setting of the blockbuster sci-fi adventure movie. The collage is accomplished in black and white printed Guernica background on 19.5 x 9 in. paper with various black and white cutout dinosaur figures affixed over the background. The artwork is tipped to 23.5 x 18 in. backing board and presented in a 26.25 x 20.5 in. blonde wood and acrylic-glass shadow box frame. Handwritten below the art in the blank borders, "When Carnivores Ruled the Earth" and signed by the artist, "1/15/91 Rick." This lot includes the resulting mural accomplished in hand painted gouache on 11.5 ft. by 21.5 ft. canvas and painted to Carter's specs by scenic artist Michael Denering in 1992. The large canvas is rolled for storage. Exhibiting age and production handling. Both pieces remain in good to fine condition. Rick Carter on the mural, "In the visitor center, specifically in the restaurant area I wanted there to be a large mural that depicted the epic scope of what Jurassic Park meant in regards to the conflict of two dominant species battling, so I thought of Picasso's Guernica as a template for an epic battle. So I used it as the base and then collaged images of dinosaurs on top of it. Where I had a scenic artist, Michael, through the universal scenic department paint the backdrop. While the rest of the set was disposed of I thought it was an excellent artwork that has now been displayed at the Academy in Filmscapes 1994, a show I had there as well as El Segundo Museum of Art in 2023." Special shipping arrangement will apply.