(Walt Disney Studios, 1959) Original pan production cel with matching special effects pan cel featuring Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty, showing the archetypal Disney villain in her full gown with impressive trails of black and purple smoke effects behind her. Character image measures 14.5 x 8 and special effects measure 26.5, with a mat opening of 28 x 11. This piece is also framed to an overall size of 38 x 20.5. In fine condition. This is an excessively rare and impressively large set of matching cels depicting Maleficent at the climax or finale of the film, right before she turns into a dragon standing on the bridge in front of her castle, unlike any other we have seen. At this monumental point in the film, the villainess declared: ‘Now you must deal with me oh prince...and all the powers of hell!’ A truly exquisite piece of the highest desirability.
