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THBCourvoisier Set Up Cel, from The Practical Pig, c.1938
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TimedNov 17, 2017 - Dec 4, 2017
The Scanlan Collection Michael@thescanlancollection.com
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In 1937, Walt Disney released the film industry’s first full length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Conceived in 1934, Disney’s first estimated costs for the feature film was $250,000, but the production, which required more than 500,000 original drawings and production cels, greatly exceeded the initial budget and by the time it finally was released at a cost of just under $1.5 Million, Disney was forced to put up his house as collateral to fund the enormous project.At the time, most production cels, which were clear celluloid sheets placed against an original production drawing, were traced and then painted on the back with color. Each cel was then placed against a hand painted background scene and photographed. The film speed of 18 frames per second required almost 90,000 photographed cels for the 83 minute long movie.Snow White and the Seven Dwqrfs is still considered among the greatest animation films of all time and is, in today’s money, among the top ten grossing films of all time, so Walt got to keep his house.Generally, production cels were destroyed or reused, so most of the artwork was lost, but in 1938, San Francisco art dealer Guthrie Courvoisier, who envisioned selling them to the general public, contacted Walt and reached an agreement. Twenty artists employed by Disney were “lent” to Courvoisier to create what became known as Courvoisier Set Ups from Disney films. The artists would take the cels and create a scene with hand painted or airbrushed backgrounds and thousands were sold, priced between $5 and $50.Beginning with Snow White, Disney provided cels from numerous earlier shorts from Silly Symphonies. In 1940, Fantasia and Pinocchio were added to the Courvoisier cels, but after analysis costs, Walt took back the 20 workers. By the time WWII broke out, Courvoisier’s had already sold thousands of cels, but celluloid became a wartime commodity and production soon stopped. The studio was finally closed in 1942, but to this day, original Courvoisier Cels remain the pinnacle of animation art and, due to the natural deterioration of celluloid, are becoming more scarce every year. In its original frame bearing the Courvoisier label on the back and pencil inscription reading “From The Practical Pig” on the matte under the left bottom corner of the image, this large and very significant Courvoisier Set Up is from cels used in the 1939 release of The Practical Pig, the fourth and final Silly Symphonies production that featured Three Little Pigs. The beautiful airbrushed and painted background of Practical’s house is a masterfully done work of animation art. Standing on his porch in front of his red door, Practical’s face shows the shock from a letter bearing bad news he has just received from the messenger boy, who bends down and tries to coax Practical into mail bag, before Practical recognizes who is in disguise and then things turn around. Minor warping along the exterior of the celluloid, but in otherwise excellent condition. Never removed from frame. Copyright 1938 Walt Disney Productions Sight 11.4 x 8.6 inches
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