Lot 313
The Smurfs: Three (3) Single Cel and Background, Production Used Set Ups and Two Sets Of Three Publicity Cels. Hanna-Barbera's THE SMURFS animated series, based on the comics by Belgian artist Pierre "Peyo" Culliford, debuted on NBC in September, 1981 and ran continuously until 1990; Offered is a wonderful collection of authentic Hanna-Barbera hand painted cels. The top three are production use single layer cels with outstanding and colorful backgrounds all handpainted. Two unique pieces are two cels, while production used had dialogue boxes added for humor then given as thank you pieces to a well regarded employee. "To Dolores All Best Wishes, Jayne Barbera" (Joe Barbera's daughter) the other "To Dolores, my most wonderful worker, Love Alison" clearly Alison Leopold an ink and paint supervisor and color stylist at Hanna-Barbera. These three cels have give a collector all the Smurfs and Gargamel Complimenting the three production cels are two sets of three publicity cels. Know, the black outlines onto the acetate is done by transfer through a process called Xerography directly from the artist's original line drawings. However the characters are hand painted and as colorful and beautiful as one could want. One piece production set measures 10½ x 12½" with the others 10½ x 14", in very fine condition and are unmatted and unframed. A wonderful collection. Estimate Value $500 - UP
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