Rare Autographs, Manuscripts and Photography
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Inscription on animation cel titled Aquarela do Brasil from Saludos Amigos, 1942. The painted cel over a watercolor background depicting Donald Duck with Jose Carioca ("the Brazilian cigar-smoking parrot"), the mat inscribed "Barry Smith/with best/wishes/Walt Disney," stamped with the Disney monogram and titled in pencil, the frame verso with the original Courvoisier Gallery label dated in ink. Overall 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (31.75 x 31.75 cm), framed; Together with two other framed cels from Saludos Amigos. The first titled "Lake Titicaca" and depicting Donald Duck with the Peruvian boy, similarly stamped and titled on the mat and with the Courvoisier Gallery label to the frame verso, cel 8 1/2 x 11 inches (22 x 28 cm); the second depicting Panchito Pistoles, similarly titled and stamped but without back label, cel 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (19 x 24 cm). The cel with inscription with lifting and curling of celluloid resulting in chipping and some loss of paint, the Lake Titicaca cel with similar lifting and small losses, the Panchito Pistoles cel with faded inscription and stamp but generally fine.
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