H. R. Giger’s work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $133 USD to $229,583 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2005 the record price for this artist at auction is $229,583 USD for Landschaft X (Tell ’73), sold at Christie’s Zurich in 2017.

How much is an original Giger?

H. R. Giger’s work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $133 USD to $229,583 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2005 the record price for this artist at auction is $229,583 USD for Landschaft X (Tell ’73), sold at Christie’s Zurich in 2017.

What is HR Giger painting worth?

One of the finest “Alien” props ever to be sold at auction. It sold for $31,250. Other original HR Giger art has sold at auction and large canvases can bring in as much as $250,000. Limited edition HR Giger art can sell for $5,000 and up.

Is HR Giger still alive?

May 12, 2014H.R. Giger / Date of death

Did HR Giger work on Prometheus?

PROMETHEUS Borrows Giger Designs From Jodorowsky’s Unmade DUNE. There’s some familiar design work in Ridley Scott’s latest. It’s fitting that some of HR Giger’s design work for Dune should end up in Prometheus.

What type of artist was HR Giger?

Contemporary artH.R. Giger / Period

What kind of artist is HR Giger?

Painting
Sculpture
H.R. Giger/Forms

How did Giger fall?

HR Giger, whose “biomechanical” artwork lent Ridley Scott’s film Alien much of its terror, has died aged 74. A spokesperson from his gallery in Switzerland confirmed the news. According to the Swiss press, he died from injuries sustained in a fall on stairs.

Did H.R. Giger create the Xenomorph?

H.R. Giger, the Swiss artist responsible for creating the Xenomorph from “Alien,” was notably uncredited in designing the rest of the franchise’s creatures. Sure, his name appears in the end credits as the original designer of the alien creature, but that’s the extent of his involvement.

Did H.R. Giger design a predator?

Giger fought for recognition in both the film and art worlds while fitting neatly into neither. Despite having been the inception for Alien’s antagonist (he designed the creature through all its phases, from egg to super-predator) and the spacecraft and environmental settings of the film, he felt shunned by Hollywood.

Who designed the Xenomorphs?

artist H. R. Giger
The Xenomorph design is credited to Swiss surrealist and artist H. R. Giger, originating in a lithograph titled Necronom IV and refined for the series’s first film, Alien. The practical effects for the Alien’s head were designed and constructed by Italian special effects designer Carlo Rambaldi.

Did H. R. Giger design a predator?

Did H. R. Giger have kids?

In 2012 the Swiss tabloid Blick asked HR Giger if he ever regretted not having children. “No,” he answered, “my pictures are my children.” And what a progeny. That Giger was one of the twentieth century’s foremost talents is no hyperbole.