Lion King Production Background auctioned at Sotheby's Hyenas. Black FriSale

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Lion King Production Background auctioned at Sotheby's Hyenas. Black FriSale:
$6500.00

The Lion King Production BackgroundSotheby's Certificate of Authenticity
from the Sotheby's sale in 1991The Lion King Painted Background with PresentationCel Overlay (Walt Disney, 1994). The Lion King opened tocritical acclaim on 6/15/94. It has spawned Direct-to-Video sequelsand prequels, an animated TV Series, a global Broadway Playmega-hit, and a soon-to-be live-action treatment set for 2019. OnFebruary 11, 1995, Walt Disney Studios held "The Art of the LionKing" sale in New York. It sold the original hand-paintedproduction backgrounds used in the film with one-of-a-kindhand-painted presentation cels. The cels were painted by the DisneyInk and Paint Studio located on the studio lot, using the actualhand-drawn animation drawings for each scene. The sale had over 200original background setups and ten specially painted maquettes.This is an original pan production background measuring 43.5" x12.5", stamped on the reverse, "Property of the Walt DisneyCompany." It was lot 128 in this sale, featuring large images ofShenzi and Banzai, two of Scar's hyena guards. Matted with anopening size of 42" x 11" with an overall mat size of 50" x 19". ADisney seal is on the cel. This is one large piece with two largeimages, measuring 9" and 19". It should be noted that in 2016 this film was selected in the USNational Film Registry by the Library of Congress as culturally,historically and aesthetically significant. Any and all productionartwork for this film is considered rare and important.
Hard to find hand painted production art!Excellent condition

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