Monday, July 16, 2012

Queen/Witch Production Drawings & Cels

  • Original production cel of Evil Queen placed on color copy background. Overall dimensions 10.5" x 14.5" (cel 9.25" x 10").

SOLD FOR $12,000 (USD) IN DECEMBER 2011 AUCTION.



  • Original production cel on a custom hand-painted background. The entire piece measures 10" x 12.5" (cel 6.5" x 7.5").




  • Original production drawing on animation paper.

A LOT OF 3 DRAWINGS SOLD FOR $2,000 IN DECEMBER 2011 AUCTION.



  • Below Left: Rare vertical pan production cel of Hag with matching original background. Overall size of setup is 11.5" x 27". Below Right: Production cel of Queen placed on airbrushed effects cel as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries. Entire piece measures 8" x 10".




  • Production layout drawing of Hag in forest. Untrimmed animation paper measures 10" x 12".




  • Production character sketches of Witch in boat. Untrimmed animation paper 10" x 12".




  • Original production cel of Witch in boat on original hand-painted production background. Mounted on wood as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries. Overall size of 13.5" x 49.5".

CEL SETUP SOLD FOR $80,000 IN DECEMBER 2011 AUCTION.



  • Production drawings made with graphite and red pencil. Untrimmed animation paper 10" x 12".







  • Production cel with matching original watercolor production background. Measures 10" x 14.5".




  • Production cels of the Hag offering Snow White the poisoned apple. Applied to airbrushed background as prepared by Courvoisier Galleries. Background measures 8" x 10".

CEL SETUP SOLD FOR $15,000 IN DECEMBER 2011 AUCTION.



  • Production drawing made with graphite and red pencil. Untrimmed animation paper 10" x 12".

Images copyright Profiles in History 2012 Animation Auction catalog.
Additional images from prior auction.

5 comments:

  1. Woah what I would give to own any of those....

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  2. Really beautiful!!! By the way, Robert, since you know so much about the production of this classic, have you read anywhere an explanation about the different colors of the Evil Queen's robe? On DVDs and Bluray it's always kind of dark blue, but in many cels I've seen through many blogs it's purle or violet. It's just a curiosity of mine. Thanks again for these gems!!!

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    1. I hadn't noticed that before Anderson. I will look into it and see if any info has been written about it.

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  3. I really love the Wicked Queen and her alter ego the Witch or Peddler Woman a character so scary that Radio City Music Hall had to have all it's seats reupholstered after showing an extended run of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as children had wet themselves in their terror!

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