Luca Michelucci

The mouth of Sauron, 1998 acrylics and airbrush on thin cardboard 25 x 36,5 cm Original illustration made by Michelucci for "The mouth of Sauron", published for the first time in the famous JRR Tolkien Calendar 1999 for the month of February by Rusconi Libri in 1998. Michelucci with this calendar has established himself internationally as one of the most talented and appreciated interpreters of the Tolkenian universe. "At the head of the squad a tall malefic figure rides a horrible black being, the muzzle similar to a skull from whose sockets and nostrils flames are released. " A museum piece. Signed, dated and titled. LITERATURE exhibitions: Lucca Comics - Palazzo Ducale (1998), “Immagini dalla Terra di Mezzo” Rome - Villa Celimontana (2004)