Item #27553 Original cover illustration art for SIGNET publication of Ayn Rand's "Capitalism : the Unknown Ideal" Ayn Rand.
Original cover illustration art for SIGNET publication of Ayn Rand's "Capitalism : the Unknown Ideal"
The Original Cover Artwork!!!

Original cover illustration art for SIGNET publication of Ayn Rand's "Capitalism : the Unknown Ideal"

Robert Heindel (attributed). New York, NY: Signet various. First Edition. Illustration board, overall size 12 x 16 inches. The image is approx 9 x 9 inches. This is the ORIGINAL COVER ILLUSTRATION ART (not a print or reproduction) for Ayn Rand's novel "Capitalism : the Unknown Ideal", used by publisher SIGNET for many printings of their edition of Rand's work. Attributed to artist Robert Heindel who illustrated (and signed) three others in the Ayn Rand SIGNET series. Marked "CAPITALISM" upper right. Condition is excellent overall, with light wear to the extremities of the illustration board. Photograph of a sample SIGNET paperback front cover is just for reference. No paperback is included with this artwork. Near Fine. [27553]


This evocative illustration for "Capitalism : the Unknown Ideal" was created by Robert Heindel (October 1, 1938 - July 3, 2005), an important American illustrator posthumously inducted in 2011 into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame. Primarily known as a dance illustrator in his later life (some say the best), he started in illustration, and was a core member of The Illustrators Workshop. In the 1980s he did illustrations for “every major print magazine such as ‘Sports Illustrated’, ‘TV Guide’, ‘Ladies Home Journal’, “‘Redbook’, the ‘Saturday Evening Post’, and ‘Time’ magazine.” “Well-known patrons of dance and the performing arts collected Heindel's works and sponsored his exhibitions, including Princess Diana, Princess Margaret, Princess Caroline, Prince and Princess Takamado, and Andrew Lloyd Webber. His works are found in the permanent collections of museums including the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, London, the Norman Rockwell Museum, and the Glasgow Museums.” (Society of Illustrators biography, Wikipedia)

On the book this art illustrates: ““The method of capitalism’s destruction,” Ayn Rand writes, “rests on never letting the world discover what it is that is being destroyed.” In Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, Rand and her colleagues define a new view of capitalism’s meaning, history, and philosophic basis and set out to demolish many of the myths surrounding capitalism. Does capitalism lead to depressions, monopolies, child labor or war? Why is big business so hated? Why have conservatives failed to stop the growth of the state? Is religion compatible with capitalism? Is government regulation the solution to economic problems or their cause? What is freedom and what kind of government does it require? Is capitalism moral? Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal tackles these and other timeless questions about capitalism, and lays out Rand’s provocative thesis: that the system of laissez-faire capitalism is a moral ideal.” (aynrand org)

A unique piece of art for the Ayn Rand or Heindel collector. From a private collection.

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