Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home retail poster from Lincoln Enterprises.
Size: Various (see Notes)
Artist/Illustrator: Cheryl Freundt
Release Year: 1986
Notes:
- Greenberg’s describes “Artist Cheryl Freundt’s blue-wash art of San Francisco Bay’s Golden Gate Bridge” with “portraits of Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Sulu, Chekov, and Uhura from upper left to lower right-hand corner” and lists this as a “pre-production promo poster.” (I doubt this is pre-production art, since the characters are in their final movie costumes; Sulu, in particular, is illustrated in a pose and expression directly referencing a scene in the finished movie. Perhaps “pre-release” poster would be more accurate.)
- Greenberg’s lists this in three sizes: 18" x 24" (original retail release); 18" x 28" for a second retail release in 1990; and 22" x 28" for a third release, also in 1990.
- The original art for this poster (see below) was sold at a 2011 auction, where it was described as: “Ca. 1986 chalk pastel on 19" x 24" illustration paper by Cheryl Freundt for a Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home commemorative poster issued to its fan base by Lincoln Enterprises.”
- Below, the Lincoln Enterprises entry for this poster in their 1987 catalog.
Alternate Version / Other Art
The artwork shown below may represent an alternate concept by Freundt for the final poster shown above, or may have been created for a different purpose. If you have any information on the provenance of this image, please leave a comment!
