Pinocchio Jiminy Cricket 1940 Original Production Cel Art Illustration Painting w/ Printed Background Sold on Behalf of the University of South Florida Libraries Museum Charles Mahan Collection of Original Animation Cels. 12 ½” x 16” hand painted animation cel featuring a strutting figure of the character Jiminy Cricket with his mouth and eyes closed while carrying an umbrella. The painted animation cel has a printed photographic image of a landscape on Kodak ink paper accompanying it. Hand painted animation cel with printed background. Unsigned, binder holes at bottom.

Provenance: The Property of the University of South Florida’s Prestigious Charles Mahan Collection. Dr. Mahan was recently interviewed by The New York Times regarding his extensive political cartoon collection also donated to the University of South Florida. The sale of these works will benefit the ongoing USF Foundation collection mission.
Winning bidder will receive a Certificate of Authenticity with the artwork.

Approx. Dimensions or Size: 12 ½” x 16”

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Cons./Inv. Code: The present lot is inventory image reference number M50-00213 from the USF Charles Mahan Collection, one of over two hundred lots that will be continuously added to the December 7th and December 8th sale online catalogues on a daily basis between today and the days of sale. Please check our listings regularly during the coming days for many exciting discoveries.

Excellent. No condition issues to report. Additionally, the state of preservation of the hand painted cel drawings that are many decades old is quite exceptional. In a few examples additional notations have been made in the description section of the catalogue text for significant issues and in most cases those elements are visible in the detail images, however the condition sensitive collector is encouraged to contact our sale expert for additional lot details in advance of the auction date.