The Sting

Artist: Richard Amsel
Format: UK Quad (30"x 40")
Condition: Excellent
Year: 1973

Description
Such was the quality of Richard Amsel's illustration for the US poster campaign for "The Sting", that it was used in the UK campaign too. The imagery conjures up a sense of Depression era America, a time when sharp operators lived on their wits. The obvious camaraderie between Robert Redford & Paul Newman in the film is also captured on the poster by Amsel (Redford & Newman had collaborated with Director George Roy Hill 4 years earlier, with great success on "Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid"). Amsel (1947-85) enjoyed a brief career only before his untimely demise. During his career, however, he contributed to the canon of American poster designs, ranging between films such as "Hello Dolly" & "Raiders of the Lost Ark" & illustrating LP & Magazine covers too (Amsel's artwork of Lily Tomlin for Time Magazine now resides in the Smithsonian Institute). This poster has been cleaned, de-acidified & linen-backed.