Original cover illustration art for SIGNET publication of Ayn Rand's "Night of January 16th"
Robert Heindel (attributed). New York, NY: Signet various. First Edition. Illustration board, overall size 12 x 16 inches. The image is approx 8 1/4 x 8 inches. This is the ORIGINAL COVER ILLUSTRATION ART (not a print or reproduction) for Ayn Rand's novel "Night of January 16th", used by publisher SIGNET for many printings of their edition of Rand's work. Signed by artist Robert Heindel who created at least six paintings for the SIGNET series. Condition is excellent overall, with light wear to the extremities of the illustration board. A copy of the paperback is included with the original artwork. Near Fine. [27554]
This evocative illustration for "Night of January 16th" 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: “This play places the audience in the role of juror, with twelve members formally selected to render the verdict in a murder trial. Did Karen Andre kill her lover, the financier Bjorn Faulkner, by throwing him from the roof of his New York penthouse? The proper verdict is not dictated by the factual evidence. It rests on which witnesses audience members find credible. As the trial progresses through several unpredictable twists and turns, psychological characteristics come to light that reveal each character’s basic attitude toward life. As Rand puts it, “The events feature the confrontation of two extremes, two opposite ways of facing existence: passionate self-assertiveness, self-confidence, ambition, audacity, independence — versus conventionality, servility, envy, hatred, power-lust.” Faced with such irreconcilable opposites, each audience member must confront the question: Which side do I believe?” (aynrand org)
A unique piece of art for the Ayn Rand or Heindel collector. From a private collection.
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