Walt Disneys "Mickey's Trailer, 1938", Iconic Color Animation Cel
By Walt Disney Productions
Located in Stockholm, SE
An original production-used animation cel. Walt Disney (1901–1966) was an animator, film producer and entrepreneur renowned for creating Mickey Mouse and establishing one of the worl...
Plastic, Paper
Aladdin Original Two Production Cel Set-Up on Production Background
By Walt Disney
Located in Washington, DC
Studio: Walt Disney Medium: Two Production Cel Set-up on Production Background from Sotheby's Auction, Lot 57 Film: Aladdin Year: 1992 Character: Aladdin, Prince Achmed Unframed Size...
Plastic, Paint
Hunchback of Notre Dame Original Production Cel on Production Background
By Walt Disney
Located in Washington, DC
Studio: Walt Disney Medium: Production cel on Production Background from Sotheby's Auction, Lot 104 Film: The Hunchback of Notre Dame Year: 1996 Character: Esmerelda, Djali Unframed ...
Plastic, Paint
Pocahontas Original Four Production Cel Set-Up on Production Background
By Walt Disney
Located in Washington, DC
Studio: Walt Disney Medium: Four Production Cel Set-up on Production Background from Sotheby's Auction, Lot 119 Film: Pocahontas Year: 1995 Character: John Smith Unframed Size: 19 1/...
Plastic, Paint
Ferdinand the Bull Production Cel and Courvoisier Background (Walt Disney, 1939)
Located in Roma, IT
Provenance: Walt Disney Productions This is an original painting on celluloid, actually used in the Walt Disney Production of Ferdinand The Bull. For each slight movement in the act...
Oil
Sleeping Beauty Original Production Cel: Maleficent
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: Original Production Cel on a Printed Background IMAGE SIZE: 16" x 10.5" PRODUCTION: Sleeping Beauty, 1959 SKU: CCV2267 ABOUT THE IMAGE: "They say if you dream a thing more...
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Alice in Wonderland Original Production Cel: Alice
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: Original Production Cel IMAGE SIZE: 16" x 11" PRODUCTION: Alice in Wonderland YEAR: 1951 SKU: CCV3130 ABOUT THE IMAGE: Alice in Wonderland is a 1951 American animated music...
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Donald's Weekend Original Production Cel: Donald Duck
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: Original Production Cel on Printed Background IMAGE SIZE: 12.5" x 10.5" PRODUCTION: Soccermania YEAR: 1987 SKU: CCV2221 ABOUT THE IMAGE: Sport Goofy in Soccermania is an an...
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Peter Pan and Wendy: Limited Edition Hand-Painted Cel
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This limited edition (500, plus 25 artist's proofs) of hand-painted character cels (with backgrounds) from Walt Disney’s 1953 feature-length animated film, Peter Pan, is one of a ser...
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$2,495
The Jungle Book Original Production Cel: Mowgli, Buzzie, Dizzy
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ABOUT THE FILM: The Jungle Book is a 1967 American animated musical comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions. Based on Rudyard Kipling's 1894 book of the same name, it is the ...
Paper, Pencil
$1,495
Jiminy Cricket Original Production Cel on Printed Background
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: Original Production Cel on Printed Background PRODUCTION: Pinocchio, 1950 IMAGE SIZE: 12" x 8.5" FRAMING: Framing included in Pricing SKU: CCV1307 ABOUT THE MEDIUM: Origi...
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Cinderella and Prince Charming: Limited Edition Hand-Painted Cel
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cinderella is the titular protagonist of Disney's 1950 animated feature film. After the death of her mother, her father remarried believing that she "needed a mother's care". He die...
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Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey, and Louie Original Production Cel
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: Original Production Cel on Printed Background IMAGE SIZE: 16" x 12.5" SKU: CCV2069 ABOUT THE MEDIUM: Original Production Cels are one-of-a-kind pieces of art that were use...
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The Jungle Book Original Hand-Painted Production Cel: Buzzie and Flapps
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ABOUT THE FILM: The Jungle Book is a 1967 American animated musical comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions. Based on Rudyard Kipling's 1894 book of the same name, it is the ...
Paint, Paper, Pen, Pencil
Winnie the Pooh Original Cel and Original Background, Framed: Pooh, Rabbit
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The first collection of stories about the character was the book Winnie-the-Pooh and this was followed by The House At Pooh Corner. In 1961, Walt Disney Productions licensed certain...
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Winnie the Pooh Original Cel and Original Background Framed: Pooh, Rabbit
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The first collection of stories about the character was the book Winnie-the-Pooh and this was followed by The House At Pooh Corner. In 1961, Walt Disney Productions licensed certain...
Paint, Paper, Pen, Pencil
$2,195
Cinderella Limited Edition Hand-Painted Cel, Pop Art, 10 x 31 Inches
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: Limited Edition Hand-Painted Cel IMAGE SIZE: 10 x 31 inches SKU: CCV1991 This limited edition (500, plus 25 artist's proofs) of hand-painted character cels (with background...
Paint, Paper, Pen, Pencil
$1,295
Donald Duck Original Production Cel, Pop Art, 1965, Unframed, 12x10
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: Original Production Cel on Printed Background PRODUCTION: Steel and America, 1965 IMAGE SIZE: 12" x 10" FRAMING: Framing included in Pricing SKU: CCV1861 ABOUT THE MEDIUM:...
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Pocahontas, Just Around the River Bend: Limited Edition Hand-Painted Cel
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: Limited Edition Hand-Painted Cel IMAGE SIZE: 12 x 17 inches SKU: CCV2003 The film is the first animated Disney feature film to be based on a real historic character, and th...
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The Rescuers Original Production Cel on Key Setup Background Framed: Wilbur
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cel Size: 15.5 x 11.5 Frame Size: 24 x 20 This is an original production cel from The Rescuers featuring Wilbur. This piece is an original key set up and comes on an original produ...
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H 16 in W 18.5 in
Walt Disney Production Cel Pinocchio on a Courvoisier Background from Pinocchio
By Walt Disney
Located in Washington, DC
Walt Disney Production Cel of Pinocchio on a Courvoisier Background from Pinocchio (1940) Studio: Disney Medium: Production Cel on a Courvoisier background Film: Pinocchio Year: 1940...
Acrylic
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H 12.75 in W 14.75 in
Walt Disney Production Cels Courvoisier Background Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs
By Walt Disney
Located in Washington, DC
Original Walt Disney Production Cels on Courvoisier Background from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Studio: Walt Disney Medium: Production cels on Courvoisier background Film: Snow W...
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H 16 in W 19 in
Walt Disney Production Cels Setup on Courvoisier Background from Snow White
By Walt Disney
Located in Washington, DC
Walt Disney Production Cels Setup on Courvoisier Background from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Studio: Walt Disney Medium: Multiple production cel setup on Courvoisier background F...
Other Medium
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H 15 in W 16 in
Walt Disney Production Cels Setup on Courvoisier Background from Snow White and
By Walt Disney
Located in Washington, DC
Walt Disney Production Cels Setup on Courvoisier Background from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Studio: Walt Disney Medium: Multiple production cel setup on Courvoisier background F...
Other Medium
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H 18.5 in W 19 in
Walt Disney Production Cel of Doc on Courvoisier Background from Snow White
By Walt Disney
Located in Washington, DC
Studio: Walt Disney Medium: Production cel on Courvoisier background Film: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Year: 1937 Characters: Doc Edition: One of a kind Unframed Size: 4 1/2" x 6...
Other Medium
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H 17 in W 14.5 in
Original Walt Disney Production Cel of Doc from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
By Walt Disney
Located in Washington, DC
Studio: Walt Disney Medium: Production cel on Courvoisier background Film: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Year: 1937 Characters: Doc Edition: One of a kind Unframed Size: 7" x 7 1/2...
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H 16 in W 18 in
Walt Disney Art Corner Production Cel from Peter Pan ft. Mr. Smee and Peter Pan
By Walt Disney
Located in Washington, DC
Walt Disney Art Corner Production Cel from Peter Pan featuring Mr.
Acrylic
Walt's Stagecoach Limited Edition Cel
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: Limited Edition Cel SIZE: 16" x 12" SKU: CCV2051 DISNEY LIMITED EDITION HAND PAINTED CHARACTER CEL COMBINED WITH WALT DISNEY PHOTOGRAPH.
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H 24 in W 26 in
Disney Animation Production Cel Ft. Bambi & Thumper On Courvoisier Background
By Walt Disney
Located in Washington, DC
Disney Animation Production Cel Featuring Bambi and Thumper On Courvoisier Background Studio: Disney Medium: Production Cel applied to Courvoisier Background Film: Bambi Year: 1942 C...
Acrylic
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H 12.5 in W 10.5 in
Disney's Winnie the Pooh Original Production Cel: Pooh
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The first collection of stories about the character was the book Winnie-the-Pooh and this was followed by The House At Pooh Corner. In 1961, Walt Disney Productions licensed certain...
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H 12.5 in W 10.5 in
Disney's Winnie the Pooh Original Production Cel: Pooh and Honey
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The first collection of stories about the character was the book Winnie-the-Pooh and this was followed by The House At Pooh Corner. In 1961, Walt Disney Productions licensed certain...
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H 15 in W 11.5 in
Disney's Winnie the Pooh Original Model Cel: Pooh and Friends
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Up for sale is an original model cel of Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Christopher, Eeyore, Gopher, Kanga and Roo. Piece such as these were a very important part of the animation process....
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H 13 in W 10 in
1980's Disney Short Film: Eeyore - Cel on Hand-Painted Background
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: Original Production Cel on Hand Painted Background IMAGE SIZE: 13" x 10" PRODUCTION: Disney Educational Film, Circa 1980s SKU: CCV2929 ABOUT THE IMAGE: This is a productio...
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H 12.5 in W 10.5 in
Disney's Winnie the Pooh Original Production Cel with Matching Drawing: Owl
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The first collection of stories about the character was the book Winnie-the-Pooh and this was followed by The House At Pooh Corner. In 1961, Walt Disney Productions licensed certain...
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H 13 in W 10 in
1980's Disney Short: Kanga, Pooh, Eeyore - Cel on Hand-Painted Background
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Winnie the Pooh, Kanga, and Eeyore MEDIUM: Original Production Cel on Hand Painted Background IMAGE SIZE: 13" x 10" PRODUCTION: Disney Educational Film, Circa 1980s SKU: CCV2928 ...
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H 17 in W 21 in
Beauty and the Beast Original Production Cel on Production Background
By Walt Disney
Located in Washington, DC
Studio: Walt Disney Medium: Production cel on Production Background from Sotheby's Auction, Lot 150 Film: Beauty and the Beast Year: 1991 Character: Le Fou Unframed Size: 12 1/2" x 1...
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H 22 in W 22 in
Production Cel of Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket on a Courvoisier Background
By Walt Disney
Located in Washington, DC
Walt Disney Production Cel of Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket on an airbrushed Courvoisier Background from Pinocchio (1940) Studio: Disney Medium: Production Cel on an airbrushed Courvo...
Acrylic
Tinker Bell Original Production Cel
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: Original Production Cel IMAGE SIZE: 8" x 6.5" CHARACTER SIZE: 2" x 1.5" SKU: CCV1953 ABOUT THE IMAGE: This is an original hand painted cel used in a Walt Disney production.
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Tinker Bell Original Production Cel
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: Original Production Cel on Printed Background PRODUCTION: TV, circa 1960's IMAGE SIZE: 12" x 10" SKU: CCV2246 ABOUT THE MEDIUM: Original Production Cels are one-of-a-kind pi...
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Tinker Bell Original Production Cel
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: Original Production Cel on Printed Background PRODUCTION: TV, circa 1960's IMAGE SIZE: 10 x 7 inches FRAMING: Framing included in Pricing SKU: CCV1945 ABOUT THE MEDIUM: Orig...
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Donald Duck Original Production Cel
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: Original Production Cel on Printed Background PRODUCTION: Steel and America, 1965 IMAGE SIZE: 12" x 10" FRAMING: Framing included in Pricing SKU: CCV1862 ABOUT THE MEDIUM:...
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H 12.5 in W 10.5 in
Soccermania Original Production Cel: Sport Goofy
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: Original Production Cel on Printed Background IMAGE SIZE: 12.5" x 10.5" PRODUCTION: Soccermania YEAR: 1987 SKU: CCV2221 ABOUT THE IMAGE: Sport Goofy in Soccermania is an an...
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H 12 in W 30 in
Sleeping Beauty: Limited Edition Hand-Painted Cel
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: Limited Edition Hand-Painted Cel IMAGE SIZE: 12 x 30 inches SKU: CCV1996 "I have met someone," confides Briar Rose to her forest friends, in this sweet hand-painted limited...
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Peter Pan Original Production Cel: Hook and Smee
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Peter Pan was the final Disney animated feature released through RKO before Walt Disney founded his own distribution company, Buena Vista Distribution, later in 1953 after the film w...
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H 15.5 in W 12.5 in
The Jungle Book Original Production Cel: Baloo, Baghera
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ABOUT THE FILM: The Jungle Book is a 1967 American animated musical comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions. Based on Rudyard Kipling's 1894 book of the same name, it is the ...
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H 12.5 in W 16 in
The Jungle Book Original Production Cel: Mowgli and Kaa
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ABOUT THE FILM: The Jungle Book is a 1967 American animated musical comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions. Based on Rudyard Kipling's 1894 book of the same name, it is the ...
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H 16.5 in W 13 in
Robin Hood Original Production Cel: Nutsy and Robin Hood
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MEDIUM: Original Production Cel IMAGE SIZE: 16.5" x 13" YEAR: 1973 SKU: CCV2026 ABOUT THE IMAGE: Robin Hood is a 1973 American animated adventure musical comedy film produced by W...
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H 10 in W 12 in
Wonderful World of Color Original Production Cel: Tinkerbell
By Walt Disney Studio Artists
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tinkerbell MEDIUM: Original Production Cel on Printed Background IMAGE SIZE: 10" x 12" SKU: CCV2996 ABOUT THE MEDIUM: Original Production Cels are one-of-a-kind pieces of art that...
Paper, Pencil
Perhaps one of the most influential contemporary art movements, Pop art emerged in the 1950s. In stark contrast to traditional artistic practice, its practitioners drew on imagery from popular culture — comic books, advertising, product packaging and other commercial media — to create original Pop art paintings, prints and sculptures that celebrated ordinary life in the most literal way.
ORIGINS OF POP ART
CHARACTERISTICS OF POP ART
POP ARTISTS TO KNOW
ORIGINAL POP ART ON 1STDIBS
The Pop art movement started in the United Kingdom as a reaction, both positive and critical, to the period’s consumerism. Its goal was to put popular culture on the same level as so-called high culture.
Richard Hamilton’s 1956 collage Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? is widely believed to have kickstarted this unconventional new style.
Pop art works are distinguished by their bold imagery, bright colors and seemingly commonplace subject matter. Practitioners sought to challenge the status quo, breaking with the perceived elitism of the previously dominant Abstract Expressionism and making statements about current events. Other key characteristics of Pop art include appropriation of imagery and techniques from popular and commercial culture; use of different media and formats; repetition in imagery and iconography; incorporation of mundane objects from advertisements, cartoons and other popular media; hard edges; and ironic and witty treatment of subject matter.
Although British artists launched the movement, they were soon overshadowed by their American counterparts. Pop art is perhaps most closely identified with American Pop artist Andy Warhol, whose clever appropriation of motifs and images helped to transform the artistic style into a lifestyle. Most of the best-known American artists associated with Pop art started in commercial art (Warhol made whimsical drawings as a hobby during his early years as a commercial illustrator), a background that helped them in merging high and popular culture.
Roy Lichtenstein was another prominent Pop artist that was active in the United States. Much like Warhol, Lichtenstein drew his subjects from print media, particularly comic strips, producing paintings and sculptures characterized by primary colors, bold outlines and halftone dots, elements appropriated from commercial printing. Recontextualizing a lowbrow image by importing it into a fine-art context was a trademark of his style. Neo-Pop artists like Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami further blurred the line between art and popular culture.
Pop art rose to prominence largely through the work of a handful of men creating works that were unemotional and distanced — in other words, stereotypically masculine. However, there were many important female Pop artists, such as Rosalyn Drexler, whose significant contributions to the movement are recognized today. Best known for her work as a playwright and novelist, Drexler also created paintings and collages embodying Pop art themes and stylistic features.
Read more about the history of Pop art and the style’s famous artists, and browse the collection of original Pop art paintings, prints, photography and other works for sale on 1stDibs.