Classic Pens AL2 Parker Marlon Brando Tahiti Musume Fountain Pen - Artist Proof
Launched in 2005, it is an elaborate composition, meticulously handcrafted by the Maki-E master Tatsuya Tōdō. It pays tribute to the legendary actor Marlon Brando and his beloved island paradise of Tetiaroa.The AL2 Marlon Brando Tahiti Musume has been made possible through the fruitful collaboration of many players. These include the Estate of the late actor to whom the pen is dedicated; a Polynesian nature conservancy and education organization, Te Mana o Te Moana (spirit of the ocean), which will benefit from sales of the pen; the Parker pen company, which provides one of the pen canvas for the project; Maki-E artist Tatsuya Tōdō who renders his subject with depth and fine detail; and, finally, Classic Pens, who supplies the other pen canvas, brings everyone together and provides the creative spark.The artwork portrays a scene of French Polynesia. Few things were as close to Brando’s heart as Tetiaroa, an atoll near Tahiti where he spent time between 1965 and his death in 2004 at the