$2,370
Claude Dixon Coats (American, 1913-1992) Background Scene for Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp Unsigned, production marks in the margins. Gouache and graphite on paper, sheet size 12 x 40 in. (30.5 x 101.6 cm), unframed. Condition: Tape residue to the margins, minor tears to edges, subtle handling creases. Provenance: Ex-collection of Disney artist Ralph Kent. Literature: "Claude Coats: Prototypical Imagineer," The 'E' Ticket , Issue #31, Spring 1999, page 6 (illustrated). N.B. Coats, a studio and concept designer for Walt Disney Imagineering, joined the Walt Disney Studio in 1935 as a background painter. In addition to Lady and the Tramp , he is credited with the background and color styling of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as well as Fantasia . (1) A copy of The 'E' Ticket accompanies the lot. (1) "The Passing of a Legend-Claude Coates Dies at Age 78." It Takes People. Disney Newsreel, January 17, 1992. Toning to the sheet. Notes in the margins, with the numbers "2079-2-63" and "2097/SEQ 02.0/ Sc.63" Three areas of paint loss in the green lamp on the tabletop in the foreground, from 1/8 to 1/4 in. in size. Scattered tack holes along the edges. Scattered nicks and tears along the edges. Handling creases. Tape residue verso, and inscribed with the same number "2079-2-63."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-05-21