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A Walt Disney Signed "Sleeping Beauty" Original Production Cel and Background.

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A Walt Disney Signed  Sleeping Beauty  Original Production Cel and Background.
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(Disney, 1959) Original production cels of Briar Rose and two songbirds placed on an original Eyvind Earle production background from “Sleeping Beauty,” and signed on the matte by Walt Disney. This incredible artwork was prepared at the Studio as a gift to Utah Governor George Dewey Clyde, complete with a personalized inscription by Walt at the lower right corner of the matte. The cels were trimmed to image and applied to the background by the Art Props Department as was standard for special pieces like this one.  In “Sleeping Beauty”, Walt wanted to create a “moving illustration” with every single frame of the film an independent work of art. He chose Eyvind Earle to design the feature. Earle found inspiration in pre-Renaissance and Gothic art to paint dozens of highly-detailed backgrounds, with this one seen in the film as the fairies lead Briar Rose to the castle on her sixteenth birthday. Just before sunset, the forest sky fades to deep purple as the last rays of sunlight strike the tree trunk from off to the right. Briar Rose was drawn by Directing Animator Marc Davis, one of Disney’s legendary Nine Old Men, who had just done the same for Disney’s previous princess, “Cinderella.” With original production cels, an Eyvind Earle-painted original background, and a Walt signature, this is a unique and exceptional piece of Disney history. Briar Rose has a character size of 3.5” x 7.5” and the birds measure 0.75” x 0.75” and 1” x 1”, all trimmed to character at the Studio. The entire framed and matted piece measures 20.5” x 21.25”. The cels are in very good condition with light waviness to Briar Rose, and the background is in fine condition. The signed and framed matte is in very good condition with light scratches, smudges, and wear.