Metaluna Mutant - This Island Earth (1955) | Original Soft Pastel

UNFRAMED ORIGINAL PASTEL ARTWORK

"Trapped amid the mysteries of outer space... challenging the unearthly furies of a planet gone mad!"

In 1955, Universal's This Island Earth landed in cinemas after two and a half years in the making - a Technicolor space opera so vivid it was printed direct-to-matrix to preserve every frame. And at the centre of it all, introduced in the final act like a nightmare stepping out of an EC Comics panel, was the Metaluna Mutant.

Exposed brain. Insect armour. Claws that looked pulled from another evolution entirely. Seventy years on, he still looks like nothing else the 1950s ever put on screen - a creature designed not just to frighten, but to feel wrong in a way audiences hadn't seen before.

This is my soft pastel portrait of him. Hand-drawn on 355gsm archival Canson paper, finished at 50 x 65cm. The original - one piece, one of one.

Details

• Medium: Soft pastel on 355gsm archival Canson paper
• Dimensions: 50 x 65cm (unframed)
• Year: 2026
• Signed by the artist
• Certificate of Authenticity included
• Worldwide free shipping, fully tracked and insured

This is the exact piece pictured. Ships unframed, carefully packaged for international transit. Framing is best arranged locally on arrival - it protects the work, gives you control over presentation, and avoids the risks of shipping glass across borders.

xx Chantal