Steve McQueen, 2006
By Sebastian Krüger
About the image
The King of Cool was one of the biggest Hollywood box-office draws of the 1960s and 1970s due to his popular anti-hero persona. His most iconic films include The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Bullitt, The Getaway and The Towering Inferno. The intensity of mercurial actor Steve McQueen's personality is captured in this print by extreme portraitist Sebastian Kruger. In this portrait Kruger has captured a scene from his 1972 hit The Getaway with Allie McGraw.
Sebastian Krüger's subjects are generally artists he admires and his portraits, while caricatures, always contain a great deal of kindness while at the same time thoroughly subverting "the world of beautiful appearances." This contradiction is at the heart of Krüger's work, a characteristic that has made him extremely popular with art connoisseurs all over the world.
Each piece is signed and numbered by Sebastian Kruger.
Release Notes:
Each canvas print is hand-embellished by the artist, so it must be shipped flat to preserve the artwork's delicate surface.