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Auction History Result 3m0077 SECONDS limited edition 23x35 silkscreen 1966 rejected Saul Bass art not seen on any poster! Date Sold 2/23/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Unfolded Special Movie Poster (measures 23" x 35 1/4" [58 x 90 cm]) (Learn More) Seconds (released in France as "Operation Diabolique"), the classic 1966 John Frankenheimer science fiction (sci-fi) fantasy thriller ("Who are Seconds? The answer is almost too terrifying for words. From the bold, bizarre bestseller. The story of a man who buys for himself a totally new life. A man who lives the age-old dream - If only I could live my life all over again."; "In an astonishing change of pace as a Second in seconds"; "Sheer Fear! Sheer Shock!"; "Seconds is not for weak sisters. It may not even be for strong stomachs!"; "I don't want to be I anymore..."; "Based on the novel by David Ely"; "Screenplay by Lewis John Carlino"; about a man who gets second chance at life in a new body) starring Rock Hudson ("In an astonishing change of pace as a Second in the John Frankenheimer Film Seconds"), Salome Jens, Will Geer, John Randolph, Jeff Corey, and Khigh Dhiegh NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Saul Bass Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this poster, and that was 11 years ago, when it sold for $1,601! The following information about this limited edition Saul Bass silkscreen we are offering comes to us from longtime collector/dealer Dan Strebin, who was hired by Bass' family to evaluate Bass' posters after his passing: "Frustrated by film studio alterations to his film poster designs, graphic artist Saul Bass chose to commission silkscreen prints of the purest unadulterated form of his designs, for his own use only, not for sale, and not for the film studios. For the first 10-15 years he had just 50 printed of each (plus 5 as possible rejects from screening error or other defects) which he would submit to graphic design competitions and publications, for museums like MOMA in New York and the collection of the arts college he attended, and occasionally as gifts to people he worked for or with. In the 1970's Bass realized that he was running out of many of the earlier titles, indicating to him that 50 each was not enough of these. Though there is no evidence to believe he had the earlier titles reprinted, he then changed the quantity of all future printings, such as 'Such Good Friends' and 'The Shining' to 150 each, but still only for his own personal business use, and never to sell as a limited edition print. These are all hand-pulled serigraphs which were printed at Bass's commission by the Art Krebs Studio in Los Angeles, just around the corner from Bass's design studio. Krebs was the screen-printer of choice for a number of significant fine artists including Ed Ruscha. Especially interesting are the designs which the film studio rejected, which now exist only in the form of Bass's own silkscreens, such as that for 'Seconds', a design so brilliant that director John Frankenheimer kept one of this silkscreen on his office wall until the day he died. For anyone passionate about Saul Bass's contribution to film poster design, these silkscreens are the purest versions of his original concepts." Condition: very good to fine. The poster was never folded and is in excellent condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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