Fear is the Key - Renato Fratini, FRAMED original artwork, 1967 Type:Original Artwork If you would like further

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The drawing shows the deep sleep cocoons with film crew in foreground

Eye-catching cover illustrations were critical to the sales strategy of moving large quantities of books off shelves quickly and

Designs similar to Lange's work would appear in actual NASA space missions over the following decades

Although this is classic pulp styling

Fear is the Key - Renato Fratini, FRAMED original artwork, 1967 Type:Original Artwork If you would like further1967, acrylic on board, 40 cm wide x 34 cm tall Alistair MacLeans 1961 thriller was republished by Fontana Books in 1967. Fratini depicted the steel jungle oil platform setting of the novel on a choppy ocean. The story of revenge is expressed in the struggle of the couple in the foreground. The artwork is sold with an original Fear is the Key paperback that features the Fratini illustration. The original painting art board is approximately 40 cm wide