Rare 1937 Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Animation Cel - $2,000 (Harlem / Morningside)

Extremely rare antique original animation cel from Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first feature-length film to be produced using cel animation. A celluloid (or cel) is a transparent sheet used in the process of hand-drawn animation. Mother and baby deer sleeping. This is likely a Courvoisier Galleries cel (https://www.waltdisney.org/blog/courvoisier-galleries-selling-disney-magic cel.) Unusual hand-painted mat. Original crocodile leather on the back of (R.E. Husar) Newcomb-Macklin frame. The Newcomb-Macklin Company of Chicago, Illinois was a nationally prominent manufacturer of hand-carved and gilded picture frames. The company was in operation from 1883 until 1979. Many of Newcomb-Macklin's frames designed in the early 20th century reflected the aesthetics of the Arts and Crafts movement that flourished in the United States between 1900 and 1925. Newcomb-Macklin frames in the arts and crafts style are today regarded as antiques and are often utilized by collectors and dealers to lend an air of authenticity to the framing of period American paintings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm located at 501 W 110th St. Craigslist email OK, but texts get a faster reply at (917) 495-zero69zero. Cash or Venmo.