Dean Ellis – The Planet That Wasn’t
A tangerine Death Star spinning in the inky blackness of space.
This is cover art for the 1977 Discus Editon of Isaac Asimov’s ‘The Planet That Wasn’t’.
Art by Dean Ellis.
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When I first saw the picture it reminded me of Vincent Di Fate’s work or maybe Chesley Bonestell. The image has that bright 50s or 60s vibe to me.
Yeah I thought It was possibly Dean Ellis because of the way the Sky was rendered… but indeed it could be by your aforementioned artist’s!
A variation of this painting appears in the 1978 book Tomorrow and Beyond: Masterpieces of Science Fiction Art (page 114). The station is yellow and there are differences in the details both on the station and in the background. The painting in the book does have Dean Ellis’ signature. If the painting depicted here was not done by Ellis, than it is at least a derivative of one of his paintings.
Cheers Mike – then it almost certainly is Dean Ellis….. probably a varient
I just bought a poster of this illustration with Dean ellis’s signature printed in the poster.
Really? nice purchase Jeff
I am Dean Ellis ‘s son Tracey, and I can confirm this painting was done by my father