BLOOD SISTERS Tim Burgard Portfolio Signed/Limited

Limited edition black and white portfolio is by Tim Burgard. Six beautiful fantasy plates  were executed in a variety of media. Virtually all were rendered in detailed in pencil at the start. Some were done in acrylics, oil  and with airbrushing. In the back inside folder is a biography of Burgard life and career. Limited edition portfolios were a phenomenon of the 1970s and 80s. They grew out of a greater appreciation of comic and fantasy artists. Middle-Earth lead the way publishing a 1973 portfolio of Frank Frazetta drawings that quickly sold out its 500-copy print run. It was followed by Barry Smith's Tupenny Conan Portfolio in 1974 and another Frazetta portfolio, The Lord of the Rings, in 1975. This lead to a decade of large format, limited edition portfolios: a suite of new illustrations created without restrictions or censorship, with better printing on better paper, reproduced in a large size, to fully appreciate the artwork. Signed by Tim Burgard on the first plate. Out of Print. Condition: Very Fine/As New.