Bathtime For Dumbo LE Cel

Collectibles info
Country: United States United States
Category: Framed Art
Title: Bathtime For Dumbo LE Cel
Character(s): Dumbo
Serie / Movie: Dumbo
Size: Encased in Plexiglas with a hand wrapped, fabric mat and a wood fillet. 10'' x 10'' image size. 17'' x 17'' wood frame.
Price: $1,275.00
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''Dumbo'' -- ''Bathtime for Dumbo'' Hand-Painted, Ink-Enhanced Limited-Edition Cel
This image is inspired by Sequence 6, Scene 4 of the classic 1941 animated feature ''Dumbo.'' After a trying day, outcast elephant Dumbo finds warmth and solace in a cozy bath, drawn by his loving mother.

Legendary Disney animator Vladimir ''Bill'' Tytla, who said at the time ''I don't know a damn thing about elephants,'' animated the sequence depicted in ''Bathtime for Dumbo.'' Instead of elephants, he drew inspiration from his own infant son, Peter, as a reference for Dumbo's mannerisms. Tytla's range as a lead animator is truly broad as he is also well known for animating a character who is the opposite of Dumbo -- the villainous Cherbnabog from ''Fantasia.''

The Walt Disney Studios has created this character image using traditional animation techniques. The original animation drawings were transferred to acetate cels be a special six-step xerographic process. Artists of The Walt Disney Studio Ink & Paint Department then enhanced the cels with 2 hand-inked lines and hand-painted each of the cels in the edition.

''Dumbo'' originated with the galleys of a story by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl, adapted for the screen by Joe Grant and Dick Huemer. Production of the feature took just a year and a half, and although Disney's three preceding features had cost in excess of two million dollars each, Dumbo cost less than half that amount. Disney animator Ward Kimball was quoted as saying that ''the Disney cartoon reached its zenith with 'Dumbo.' Every story element meshes into place, held together with the great fantasy of a flying elephant.''

USA. Certificate of Authenticity. Limited Edition of 375.