Description: RUDOLF ISING "DANCE OF THE WEED", 1941 MGM SHORT FILM. HAND PAINTED AND INKED 12FLD CELS OF THE GIRL FLOWER PLACED ON THEIR INCREDIBLY LONG, KEY MATCHING, ~46x10" PAN JOSEPH SMITH PRODUCTION BACKGROUND FROM THE FILM, AND PLACED UNDER THREE OR MORE KEY MATCHING HAND-PAINTED AND INKED OVERLAYS.INCLUDED IS A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE RECEIPT, DATED 12/26/1989, FROM "MICE, DUCKS AND WABBITS", LES BROOKS' ANIMATION GALLERY, WHO DISTRIBUTED MANY STUDIOS' ARTWORK DURING THE 1980s AND 1990s. NOTE: THIS IS A RARE AND UNUSUAL "MULTI-PLANE" SETUP THAT CAN BE FRAMED IN THREE LAYERS: PAN BG ON THE BOTTOM, GLAZING, CELS OF THE TWO GIRL FLOWERS, GLAZING, AND OVERLAYS ON TOP, FOLLOWED BY A FINAL GLAZING. THIS GIVES THE ENTIRE SETUP A "3-D FEEL", JUST AS IT DID WHEN IT WAS FILMED WITH A MULTIPLANE CAMERA IN THE 1941 FILM. DOUBLE MATTED WITH RICH, COLOR MATCHING MATS WITH A 45x9" MAT OPENING, AND FRAMED IN AN EXQUISITE COLOR MATCHING FROSTED GREEN 54X18" METAL FRAME, READY TO BE HUNG IN YOUR HOME OR OFFICE (SEE PHOTOS). NOTE: THIS IS THE SCARY SCENE ABOUT SIX AND A HALF MINUTES INTO THE EIGHT MINUTE FILM, WHEN THE GIRL FLOWER EMERGES FROM THE GRASS IN THE BACKGROUND (see the smaller cel on the right side) AND IS CONFRONTED BY THE DRAGON PLANT AND REARS BACK IN FEAR (the larger cel on the left side). THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW RUDOLF ISING MULTI- PLANE SETUPS TO SURVIVE. IT WAS, I THINK, THEIR ANSWER TO DISNEY'S "FANTASIA", WITH HIGH PRODUCTION VALUES, CLASSICAL MUSIC, AND MULTI-PLANE EFFECTS. This Original, Hand-Painted Production Background Setup has been stored in our Light-Controlled/Temperature Controlled Gallery for the last several decades, and is still in Nearly Pristine MINT condition, with Bright, Lustrous, completely UN-faded colors. Like all of our hundreds of items, this ships to you FREE, anywhere in the USA, or to the EBay ISP Warehouse for overseas customers. The EBay INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING PROGRAM is WONDERFUL, and they calculate all Customs import Duties and the very cheapest shipping when you put it in your Shopping Cart, so you can decide BEFORE you pay ! Plus, they provide Full FREE Insurance !We've used them DOZENS of times, with great success-- and if there's ever a problem, they resolve it wonderfully for BOTH Buyer and Seller! In addition to Limited Edition Cels, Sericels, and Production Cels, we also have a vast inventory, one of the largest in the world, of Cels on Production Backgrounds-- both Key (Matching) setups, and Wonderful "Marriages" (not Key, but work really well together!). We carry setups from Disney, Bluth, Bakshi, Filmation, Nest, Rich, Rankin & Bass and Heavy Metal Studios. Most of our Disney setups range from $2,000-$50,000, and the others Studios from $500-5,000. Please give us a call at 888-TOLKIEN- open 9am-9pm, 7 days a week EST (NYC Time), or message us. We also carry several of the Walt Disney Collectors Club (WDCC) figurines, as well as a huge variety of other Disney figures and collectibles-- including the HUGE Laurenz Capodimonte sculptures-- so if you don't see something you'd like listed here in our webstore, please contact us! And since this is a new eBay store for us, please feel free to check us out with our OTHER eBay store: FAIRFAX COLLECTABLES, in which we carry HUNDREDS of Enchantica, Land of Legend and other Dragon, Wizard and various other fantasy figurines. We also carry fantasy and science fiction and dinosaur action figures, figurines, sculptures and toys-- as well as related magazines and other collectibles. In addition, we have a vast inventory of Animation Art, Movie and Music Memorabilia, and Comic and Illustration Art auction catalogs-- as well as Film, Stop Motion, Special Effects, and Toy Collecting magazines.Although new to eBay, we've been in the Collectibles business-- both Retail and Wholesale-- for over fifty (50) years, and have been known the entire time for our integrity, reliability and customer service. We've been at the same Lansing, Michigan address for over forty (40) years, dealing with high-end, expensive Animation Art from Disney, Bluth, Filmation, Rankin & Bass, Nest, Rich, Fleischer, Heavy Metal and Bakshi Studios-- and are well known to all the major collectibles auction houses: Bonhams, Sothebys, Christies, R & R, and Heritage-- so feel free to check us out under our oldest business name: FAIRFAX PRINTS, LTD. (don't forget the "Ltd" if searching)
Price: 1999.95 USD
Location: Lansing, Michigan
End Time: 2024-10-20T16:01:00.000Z
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Animation Studio: RUDOLF ISING
Convention/Event: DANCE OF THE WEED, MGM RUDOLF ISING 1941 FILM
Character: GIRL WEED
Tradition: Western Animation
Signed: No
Bundle Description: BEAUTIFULLY DOUBLE MATTED AND FRAMED, COLOR MATCHED
Custom Bundle: Yes
Title: DANCE OF THE WEED
Item Length: 54 in.
Inscribed: No
Franchise: MGM
Brand: MGM
Type: Production Art, Production Background, Production Cel, PRODUCTION OVERLAYS
Year of Production: 1941
Artwork Type: KEY Production BG, Overlay Cels, Character Cels
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original Production Art
Era: Pre-1970
Illustrator: GUS ARRIOLA, CHARACTER DESIGN/LAYOUT, ROBERT GENTLE, LAYOUT ARTIST, RAY ABRAMS, ANIMATOR, PETE BURNESS, ANIMATOR, JOSEPH SSMITH, BG/LAYOUT ARTIST
Item Height: 18 in
Theme: Animation
Features: Framed, Matted
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Width: 0.8 in
