Angelo Montanini
Merry and Pippin captured by Orcs, 1999
ink, tempera and airbrush on thin cardboard
36.5 x 25.5 cm
Original illustration made by Montanini for "Merry and Pippin captured by Orcs," published for the first time in the famous JRR Tolkien Calendar 2000 for the month of June by Rusconi Libri in 1999. Montanini for the Rusconi calendar gave life to the most famous images and evocative that he never made for the Tolkenian universe. "An orc grabbed Pippin like a sack ... finally set out with his burden. "A museum piece. Signed and dated.
LITERATUREexhibitions
: "Dream & Gifts: The art of Angelo Montanini" Palazzuolo sul Senio (FI), Oratorio dei SS. Carlo Borromeo e Antonio di Padova (2007)
