Directive: Buy Wall-E Art (If You Can Afford It)

Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 17 of July , 2008 at 12:26 am

One of the things I admired most when I went to Pixar (I went to Pixar!) to see the Wall-E premiere were the incredibly awesome posters on the walls advertising Buy-’N-Large robots with beautiful sixties-style illustrations by artist Eric Tan. At first I thought that they were an internal project that I’d never see again (nooo!), and then I started hoping that they’d appear in some sort of publicity capacity and I’d be able to get my hands on a set. Turns out that their availability is somewhere in the middle… You can get them, you just have to pay a ton of money. $165 each, to be precise, for a hand numbered “Limited Edition Giclee” (whatever that is) printed on archival paper with a certificate of authenticity. Yes, it’s way too much money when I’d be perfectly happy with something spat out of a midrange inkjet on poster paper.

I’m just going to have to break into Pixar and steal myself some real ones, I guess. A couple more posters, after the jump.

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Made Thursday, 17 of July , 2008 at 7:51 am

While Giclee can technically be used to describe any fine art print that comes from an inkjet printer, it’s more commonly used these days to describe prints that are printed on canvas, which end up looking like they’ve actually been painted. The results look really impressive, and it’s probably part of the reason they have a $165 price tag.

Comment by patri

Made Thursday, 17 of July , 2008 at 10:45 am

Wall-E totally looks like the robot from “Short Circuit”… minus the cheesy 80’s style of course

Comment by Iron Man

Made Thursday, 17 of July , 2008 at 11:24 am

evan if you need anyone to knock over pixar with you

i have a bunch of robots that can help you out.

we could just convince pixar to make a bunch of cheesey ones on bad paper for us. Maybe if we created some kind of wall-e for less movement…..

Comment by Evan Ackerman

Made Thursday, 17 of July , 2008 at 2:00 pm

Sounds good, but let’s keep it quiet, okay? Who knows how many people from Pixar read this blog…

Comment by Bassem B.

Made Thursday, 17 of July , 2008 at 2:11 pm

Giclée prints are really of amazing quality, which – combined with the limited release and the art itself – probably explains the high price of these posters. That EVE poster is lovely.

Comment by Melissa

Made Thursday, 17 of July , 2008 at 5:25 pm

They’re so sleek and beautiful. Jeeeez, the price though. But…I…I need one. I’m down for breaking into Pixar anytime.

Comment by Hilda

Made Wednesday, 5 of November , 2008 at 11:02 pm

to be truly surprised and pleased:) Do not be believed, that even this happens:)

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