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Sleeping Beauty Pair of Inker Test Cels of Briar Rose and Prince Phillip (Walt Disney, 1959). ...
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Sleeping Beauty Pair of Inker Test Cels of Briar Rose and Prince Phillip (Walt Disney, 1959). "You know, Samson, there was something strange about that voice. Too beautiful to be real." After being thrown from his saddle into a small stream, Prince Philip is drying off while reflecting on the enchanting voice he heard before and how it was supernaturally exquisite to listen to in this ink test cel. An inker's test, or more broadly part of the inking process, is a test of a person's ability to trace the clean-up animation drawings onto a transparent sheet of celluloid (cel) with a clean, consistent ink line. Prince Phillip's cel in particular comes from the infamous Sequence 8 "Once Upon a Dream" which was the "pilot sequence" of the entire film and took over a year to complete costing Disney $10,000 alone out of the $6 million dollar budget. It was the first scene that Disney began working on with Disney Legend and one of Walt's "Nine Old Men", Eric Larson (1905 - 1988) at the helm but as the scene evolved and grew more complex, including Walt Disney (1901 - 1966) wanting to add animals to the scene, ultimately caused Eric Larson to step down. The final product of Sequence 8 has earned itself the title of being timeless due to its perfect composition and meticulous craft. The cel images of Briar Rose (Princess Aurora) were considered more challenging than any other character as Don Bluth, who worked as a clean-up artist, once said, "We felt that we were making the Lord's prayer." since each line had to be an exact width. The image of Prince Philip measures at 3.75" x 5.25" while the image of Briar Rose measures at 2.75" x 6.25" which were hand-inked at the Disney Ink and Paint Department in Burbank. Both cels are presented on a print background for presentation purposes. The overall condition is Very Good minor debris, and minor handling wear and edge wear.Auction Info
2025 December 12 - 15 The Art of Disney Signature® Auction #7408 (go to Auction Home page)
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December, 2025
12th-15th
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