A hand-painted Ralph McQuarrie matte concept of a Star Destroyer bridge from Irvin Kershner's Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. This is a production photograph, with a hand-painted concept by McQuarrie of his ideas for the interior of an Imperial Star Destroyer.

 

McQuarrie, an Academy Award-winning concept designer, designed many of the film's characters and sets, including several large interiors, which were often achieved using matte paintings to save on set construction.

 

At the bottom of the photograph is a handwritten note reading "To Ralph", and on the back is a smaller photograph of the same shot, but with everything blacked out except the areas over which McQuarrie was to paint his design.

 

Dimensions: 65 cm x 59 cm x 3 cm (25 1/2" x 23 1/2" x 1 1/4")