Highly-desirable hand-painted animation cel from the 1940 Disney film Pinocchio. Cel measures 10.5 x 9, and shows Jiminy Cricket seated in front of an astonished-looking Pinocchio, and has been trimmed to the outline of the figures, as was customary, and is set against a background prepared by the Walt Disney Studio for sale by the Courvoisier Galleries. Matted to an overall size of 16.5 x 16.5. In fine condition. A colorful image with Pinocchio measuring an impressive 10 x 9 inches. Cels from the early Disney classics are rather uncommon, particularly of the story’s main characters. RR Auction COA.
