Original Artwork

c. 1972, gouache on board, 38cm x 50cm

Cover illustration for the Penguin paperback of Richard Condon’s eighth novel, a tale of American gangsterism.  While Condon’s works were usually marketed as thrillers they were written as political satires and this savage indictment of America is no exception.  The photo-realistic technique deployed by Coppola for the cover illustration references Condon’s success as a scriptwriter.  Five of his novels were made into films.

The artwork is sold with an original Mile High paperback that features the Coppola illustration.  

1972, gouache on board, 38cm x 51cm

Cover illustration for the Penguin paperback printing of Richard Condon’s first novel originally published in 1958.  Condon’s place in the hall of fame was secured by the publication in 1959 of the “The Manchurian Candidate” and a quartet of novels about the Prizzi family.  The plot of The Oldest Confession circles around the death of a supreme bullfighter and the theft of a great Goya painting half-rendered on the cover with great technical skill.

The artwork is sold with an original The Oldest Confession paperback that features the Coppola illustration.