^#679 ^Lot 708 Walt Disney

Original hand-painted animation cel from Disney’s 1961 production of 101 Dalmatians, showing Pongo and Roger in the parlor, and set against a specially prepared color background. The untrimmed visible image of the cel measures 9.75 x 8, and is housed in its original 13.5 x 11.5 mat. Signed and inscribed on the mat in blue ballpoint, “To Hugh Hayney Jr., Walt Disney.” Framed to an overall size of 15 x 13. Light rippling to cel, a few cracks to the paint, and staining to lower left corner of mat, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the daughter-in-law of the original recipient, political cartoonist Hugh Haynie. In full: “This cel was signed by Walt Disney in my father-in-law’s presence during an editorial cartoonist convention in Disneyland. My father-in-law, Hugh Haynie, was a very well known political cartoonist. During the convention, Hugh asked Walt Disney to sign a cel to as a gift to his son, Hugh Smith Haynie, Jr. He did sign the cel but misspelled Haynie. Therefore, he signed another cel simply addressed to Hugh Jr.”