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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.6
People
Fleischer Studios, American
Title
Production Cel for "Gulliver's Travels"
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Celluloid from "Gulliver's Travels"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1939
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307711

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gouache on acetate film affixed to cardboard
Dimensions
sight: 26.3 × 34 cm (10 3/8 × 13 3/8 in.)
glazing: 35.7 × 45.9 cm (14 1/16 × 18 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: backing, paper, printed: [see photocopy in curatorial file. in part:] This Original Painting on Celluloid / Was Actually Employed in the Filming of / GULLIVER'S TRAVELS / From the current masterpiece of Max Fleischer only / a limited number of paintings have been selected for / distribution to art collectors, museums and the general / public. [goes on to describe how cels were used and how to care for the work]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Herman J. Wechsler, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1940.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Herman J. Wechsler
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.6
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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