This is one of the most wonderful illustrations of the 1970s, by the most full of wonder illustrators Leo and Diane Dillon—created with pastel, watercolor, acrylic and marbleized paper.
'70s was a weird decade. Some truly awful and garish art and decor, but then some really nice work as well, especially in terms of fantasy and sci-fi art. I'd never seen this before (which is true of much of the art you post and why I like your blog so much), and boy is it gorgeous.
Ravishingly beautiful! For some years now, I've bought books with art by the Dillons, the way I used to buy books with covers by Frazetta, Krenkel and Jones.
The book is equally luscious as the cover! It's a wonderful novel about the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut. Got my first copy - a mass-market pb w/another cool cover - when I was 10, and have re-read it many times. The trade paperback from the 90s inexplicably has a photo of Princess Nofret's famous statue, a woman who lived a millennium before Hatshepsut.
'70s was a weird decade. Some truly awful and garish art and decor, but then some really nice work as well, especially in terms of fantasy and sci-fi art. I'd never seen this before (which is true of much of the art you post and why I like your blog so much), and boy is it gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteMatt writes just what I would have written.
ReplyDeleteRavishingly beautiful! For some years now, I've bought books with art by the Dillons, the way I used to buy books with covers by Frazetta, Krenkel and Jones.
ReplyDeleteThe book is equally luscious as the cover! It's a wonderful novel about the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut. Got my first copy - a mass-market pb w/another cool cover - when I was 10, and have re-read it many times. The trade paperback from the 90s inexplicably has a photo of Princess Nofret's famous statue, a woman who lived a millennium before Hatshepsut.
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