The Big Top Original TV Series Pitch Art
The Big Top Original TV Series Pitch Art
Lot #1074
Irwin Allen | "The Big Top" Original Television Series Pitch Art
Estimate: $500 - $700
Starting Bid: $150
An original mixed media pitch painting from the development of Irwin Allen's proposed series The Big Top, which was never produced. The piece features an image of a clown's face next to a circus tent, surrounded by circus hype copy. As a child, Irwin Allen was obsessed with the circus, and it was the subject of his first epic feature film, The Big Circus (Irwin Allen Productions, 1959). He tried to develop several subsequent circus films (including an early IMAX film) and television series.
20 x 30 inches
Sold for $455 including Buyer's Premium.
Irwin Allen | "The Big Top" Original Television Series Pitch Art
Estimate: $500 - $700
Starting Bid: $150
An original mixed media pitch painting from the development of Irwin Allen's proposed series The Big Top, which was never produced. The piece features an image of a clown's face next to a circus tent, surrounded by circus hype copy. As a child, Irwin Allen was obsessed with the circus, and it was the subject of his first epic feature film, The Big Circus (Irwin Allen Productions, 1959). He tried to develop several subsequent circus films (including an early IMAX film) and television series.
20 x 30 inches
Sold for $455 including Buyer's Premium.