1979.154: Production Cel for "Ferdinand the Bull"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1979.154

People

Walt Disney Studio, American

Title

Production Cel for "Ferdinand the Bull"

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1938

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/309219

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gouache on acetate film affixed to cardboard

Dimensions

actual: 22 x 22.5 cm (8 11/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• gallery label: verso, paper, printed: [see photocopy in curatorial file of entire label; in part:] This is an original painting on / celluloid, actually used in the / Walt Disney Production of / Ferdinand the Bull / It is one of a select few that have / been released to art collectors. The / remainder have been destroyed. [continues with description of how cels are used.]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.154

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer

Accession Year

1979

Object Number

1979.154

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Susan Costello, Angela Chang, Georgina Rayner, and Elizabeth La Duc, Preserving plastics in the collection at the Harvard Art Museums, Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository (https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.104117, 2023), 47-61, Figure 1, Page 51

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