A hand-painted Ron Cobb Acheron atmosphere generator concept illustration from the production of James Cameron's sci-fi horror sequel Aliens. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and a group of Colonial Marines were besieged by xenomorphs while investigating the Weyland-Yutani Corporation's atmosphere processing plant on the terraformed moon LV-426, also known as Acheron.

This hand-painted concept art depicts the atmosphere-generating plant and the rest of the Hadley's Hope colony established on LV-426. It is the work of the film's conceptual designer Ron Cobb, and rendered in mixed media on illustration board labelled "ALIENS ACHERON COLONY". The board exhibits tears and stains on its back and corners. Dimensions: 52 cm x 70 cm (20 1/2" x 27 1/2")

£2500-3500 Ω

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