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"Gryphon's Eyrie" Boris Fantasy Cover, 1984
Oil
43.18 x 68.58 cm (17 x 27 in.)
Description
Boris Vallejo "Gryphon's Eyrie" fantasy book cover illustration, 1984 for the late Andre Norton's Witch World Series- Gryphon trilogy book of same name. Published by TOR books.
Painting was published as a full page in Boris Vallejo's "Fantasy Art Techniques" book by Arco, 1985. The first image is the book plate. Please see other images for amazing detail. Also published as Gryphon's Eerie #4 Boris Vallejo 1991 Comic Images Trading Card.
Oil on board, signed and dated by Boris bottom left, 1984. Matted and framed, 17 x 27" image area framed to 25 1/4 x 35 1/4" and in excellent condition.
Painting was published as a full page in Boris Vallejo's "Fantasy Art Techniques" book by Arco, 1985. The first image is the book plate. Please see other images for amazing detail. Also published as Gryphon's Eerie #4 Boris Vallejo 1991 Comic Images Trading Card.
Oil on board, signed and dated by Boris bottom left, 1984. Matted and framed, 17 x 27" image area framed to 25 1/4 x 35 1/4" and in excellent condition.
Inscriptions
Signed and dated lower left BORIS 1984
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About Boris Vallejo
Boris Vallejo is a Peruvian painter.
Vallejo works almost exclusively in the fantasy and erotica genres. His hyper-representational paintings have appeared on the covers of numerous science fiction and fantasy paperbacks and are featured in a series of best-selling glossy calendars. Subjects of his paintings are typically sword and sorcery gods, monsters, and well-muscled male and female barbarians engaged in battle.
