33 DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS. Production cel for Alice in Wonderland : “I warn you, child . . . if I lose my temper, you lose your head!” 1951 An original production cel from Disney’s 13th animated feature. This image appears in the film at the 1:12:00 mark. The background is marked “2069 Seq. 12.0 Sc 8.1” in the right margin. Original cel of Alice, The King of Hearts, and The Queen of Hearts, all trimmed to the cel outline (height 128, 107, and 172 mm respectively), mounted on a hand-painted master pan production background of the Queen’s garden (850 × 292 mm), mounted, framed, and glazed (framed size 560 × 1120 mm). The King is affixed to the background itself, while the Queen and Alice are on an acetate overlay with another acetate overlay on top to protect them. The overlays are held in place with black tape along the border and there is slight paint separation in Alice’s leg and apron. Otherwise this stunning set-up is in excellent condition. £12,500 [119892] 34 DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS. Production cel for Peter Pan : Tinker Bell, Peter, Wendy, John and Michael. 1953 signed by Walt Disney An original production cel from Peter Pan , the 14th full-length animated film from Walt Disney Productions. The mount is signed by Walt Disney with his distinctive signature in blue pencil. The scene is from the breathtaking “You can fly” sequence as the children leave for Never Land. The film is especially noteworthy for the final involvement of Disney’s “Nine Old Men” as directing animators. Although Disney had expressed interest in adapting Peter Pan as his second full-length animated film, he only obtained the rights in 1939. World war, financial concerns and other projects delayed development until 1947. It would take another six years before the premiere of the film. The market in Disney animation cells was created by a San Francisco art dealer, Guthrie Courvoisier, in 1938. As the market in animation cels developed, Courvoisier added a rubber-stamp to the mount reading “Original WDP”, as here. Original cel on Courvoisier background (approximately 265 × 340 mm), gouache, mounted with “Original WDP” stamp, framed, and glazed (framed size 465 × 520 mm). Slight deterioration of gouache;
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35 ELIOT, T. S. Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1940 presentation to the family of one of the dedicatees First illustrated edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author as Old Possum on the front free endpaper, “to the Tandy Fambley from O.P”. The Tandy family included Alison Tandy, one of the dedicatees of the book. Eliot uses his own word “fambley” which is a variant spelling identified in “The Old Gumbie Cat”. The seventh line of “The Old Gumbie Cat” reads “And when all the family’s in bed and asleep”. Ricks and McCue identify “fambly” as a variant spelling and Eliot frequently used it in his letters to the Tandy family. Eliot initially met Geoffrey Tandy, a writer, broadcaster, and scientist who worked at the Natural History Museum, in a pub. As their friendship deepened, Eliot frequently visited the Tandys and they also kept up a regular correspondence. Throughout the 1930s, the family would be the first audience on which Eliot tested out the cat poems, both in letters and on visits to the family’s Hampshire cottage. In addition, Geoffrey Tandy would be the first to present the cat poems to a wider public, as he read parts of Practical Cats on BBC radio on the Christmas Day of 1937, two years before the book was published. Octavo. Original cream boards, spine lettered in red, pictorial block of two dancing cats on front board. With dust jacket. Housed in a red quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. With numerous colour and monochrome illustrations by Nicolas Bentley. Spine slightly toned, cloth a touch soiled, mild foxing throughout, book block strained in a couple of places but firm. A very good copy in a lightly toned and soiled jacket with slightly nicked and creased extremities and a couple of minor chips. £15,000 [156718]
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