Where can I buy a poster with the image from the cover of Paris in the Twentieth Century?

March 19, 2009 2:38 PM

I want to buy a copy of the image from the cover of Paris in the Twentieth Century as a poster. Where can I get one?
posted by GuyZero to media & arts (9 comments total)

Do you have a copy of the book? You should be able to find a credit for the image, which would help you to search for it.
posted by ocherdraco at 2:51 PM on March 19

"Cover illustration by Mark Burkhardt" - it's unclear whether the entire cover is his original art or whether he simply included the central picture in the cover montage. At any rate, googling him hasn't turned anything up for me yet. I await being out-googled.
posted by GuyZero at 2:55 PM on March 19

Might be this guy?
posted by ocherdraco at 2:59 PM on March 19

If you can't find a way to contact the artist directly, ask Del Rey/Random House. Their permissions department handles requests for use of cover art and might be able to point you in the right direction.
posted by mediareport at 6:44 PM on March 19

Either there are two scifi-ish illustrators named Mark Burkhardt and Marc Burckhardt, or ocherdraco's site is from your man and he's suffered from misspellings all his life. This site says the Verne book cover is by BURKHARDT, MARC (with a 'c').
posted by mediareport at 7:11 PM on March 19

Yeah, it's him; he just responded to a note via the contact form:

Yes, I'm the artist. I don't have any posters of the image available, but I can provide a signed archival quality print of the central image on museum-grade watercolor paper at poster size for $250 + shipping. Wish I could offer them cheaper, but since they're not offset prints but one-of-a-kind, they're more expensive to produce.

All the best,
Marc
posted by mediareport at 7:24 PM on March 19

You know, this is both good news and bad news.

Also, you are very awesome mediareport.
posted by GuyZero at 8:58 PM on March 19

And I did mangle his name on copying it over - it's Marc on the inside of the book jacket.
posted by GuyZero at 9:13 PM on March 19

The funny part is that I've seen this book come through our store more than once, and each time think, "That looks like a great book. I should read it." So thanks for the push over the edge. :)
posted by mediareport at 5:23 AM on March 20