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Walt Disney Studios

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Walt Disney Studios
Peter Pan, 1953
Tinkerbell sulks, gouache on trimmed celluloid, applied to a gouache preliminary production background, signed and inscribed on the mount in red pencil To Gilbert Harding, With Best Wishes, Walt Disney, with additional inscription in blue ballpoint pen for Paul and for Sean + for their Mother - Jo, from one who wishes he'd never grown up, Gilbert Harding; accompanied by a black and white photograph of Gilbert Harding as a panellist on the BBC panel show What's My Line?; and a document concerning the provenance
Image 5x5in. (13x13cm.)
Sight 8x10in. (20x25cm.), framed

Sale room notice

Please note the background is a preliminary production background.

Lot Essay

Gilbert Harding regularly appeared on the BBC television panel show What's My Line? as a panellist, having been the presenter of the very first episode in 1951. A panel of four had to guess the unusual occupations of a number of challengers. On 12th April, 1953, Harding was a panellist when Walt Disney made an appearance as a celebrity challenger. As Harding had no children himself, he gifted the cel to Jo, the wife of the show's producer T. Leslie Jackson.

Christie's would like to thank animation consultant Pierre Lambert for his assistance with the animation in this sale.

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