Tom Hanks and Typewriter, Original Artwork, Large 42cm x 29.7cm

It is widely-known that Tom Hanks is an avid collector of typewriters. Owning around 250 typewriters in total, Hanks’ obsession is no joke, telling the London Literature Festival in 2017: “What thrills me about typewriters is that they are meant to do one thing and one thing only and with the tiniest amount of effort, maintenance, it will last a thousand years.”

Typewriter artist James Cook was honoured to receive a signed drawing returned by the Hollywood superstar back in 2022. This new portrait honours the actor’s collection and includes concealed type-written extracts from his latest novel; The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece: A Novel, released in May 2023. In addition, the work conceals an ‘ideal shopping list’ of typewriter makes and models typed out on a machine sitting on a desk. Moreover, the right-hand corner of the artwork notes out a humorous note from the artist.

This unique, totally one-off artwork has been typed over a period of two week in April 2023. The artwork measures 42cm x 29.7cm. The artwork is typed on 150gsm archival acid free paper. The drawing was typed with a 1963 Olympia SG3 typewriter; a machine that artist James Cook favours most when typing portraits. The artwork has not yet been revealed on the artist’s socials, but a video of the making of the artwork will be released later this month on his Instagram and Tik Tok channel. This is a very special drawing which intertwines both typewriter and Hollywood glamour. The artist is happy to include a personalised type-written letter to the receiver of the artwork. In addition, the artwork will be appended with a certificate of authenticity certifying the artwork as an original and not a reproduction. The artwork is signed by the artist and dated on the back of the drawing.

All drawings are hand-packaged by the artist and personalised with a signed message to the customer. In this case, please allow up to 1 week before notification of a tracking number whilst the artist prepares your drawing for posting.

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