Luca Michelucci

Gwaihir king of the winds, 1995 acrylics and airbrush on thin cardboard 35 x 48 cm Original illustration made by Michelucci for "Gwaihir king of the winds", published for the first time in the famous JRR Tolkien Calendar 1999 for the month of July 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.“On a moonlit night in late summer, Gwaihir, the fastest of the Great Eagles, frees Gandalf imprisoned in the tower of Orthanc from the spell of Saruman the White. " A museum piece. Signed, dated and titled. LITERATURE exhibitions: Lucca Comics - Palazzo Ducale (1998), “Immagini dalla Terra di Mezzo” Rome - Villa Celimontana (2004)