This is a superb reproduction of the original oil painting, owned by Ayn Rand. It is a full-color, 14"x17" print (the same size as the original) on acid-free heavy weight paper of 100% rag content.
"Portrait of Ayn Rand exemplifies Ilona R.S.' method of representing a human face in the medium of light oil. The artist eliminates minor details. With a selective use of color, she skillfully depicts only those aspects of the features that are essential to her subject's individuality.
By emphasizing Ayn Rand's most striking feature - her eyes - the portrait captures an expression characteristic of her: intent, inquiring awareness combined with calm certainty."
- Mary Ann Sures
Charles Sures, Ayn Rand's long time friend and fellow stamp collector, relates that, "Ayn Rand's favorite likeness of herself was the portrait by Ilona. On several occasions, I raised the subject of an Ayn Rand stamp. Miss Rand said that if a stamp were ever to honor her, she wanted the Ilona portrait to be used."

Many of the photographs from Miss Rand’s collection are reproduced (in color and black and white) along with the entire script from the film.

In 'Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life,' one can see Ayn Rand’s life unfold in images, transcripts, and original sheet music.

This is the cover photo for the book Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life -- The Companion Book by Michael Paxton(Hardcover, 192 pages, 224 black and white photos, 16 color photos.) In Michael Paxton’s companion book to his documentary on the life and work of Ayn Rand, we re-live the events that brought Ayn Rand to America and to the battles she had to fight. From the ravaged streets of Russia to the hard-luck streets of Hollywood, we get to see her work her way up from a poor immigrant girl to a working screenwriter for Cecil B. DeMille, and from a wardrobe girl at RKO to a world-famous author and philosopher.

This is a book-cover. This book includes the narration, written by Mr. Paxton,and all the interview segments (with Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff, Mike Wallace, and others) that appear throughout the film. Now, one can cherish the striking photographs, animation drawings, and the actual text of the script for many years to come and experience, through page after page, a "life more compelling than fiction." "Ayn Rand developed the theory that everyone has a subconscious view of the universe and of man's place in it. It is a person’s most personal, emotional response to existence and what she termed a 'sense of life.'" Like the movie this companion book is based on, Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life paints a portrait of one woman’s sense of life and reveals why her work has remained in print for over fifty years and continues to inspire new generations of readers.