(Walt Disney Studios, 1995) Original hand-painted custom cels prepared specifically for these production backgrounds featuring Ratcliffe and Wiggins from Pocahontas, showing them in large close-up poses. The cels, hand-painted by Disney artists from the supervising animators' original line drawings for Disney's 'Art of Pocahontas' sale at Sotheby's, are placed on their matching hand-painted production backgrounds from the film. The Governor Ratcliffe image measures 14.75 x 8.5, with a mat opening of 20 x 10.5; the Wiggins image measures 12.5 x 9, with a mat opening of 16 x 10.5. Matted side-by-side to an overall size of 43.5 x 16.75. Both backgrounds have Walt Disney studio stamps on the reverse. In fine condition. Provenance: The Art of Pocahontas, Sotheby's, February 1996. Accompanied by a Walt Disney Company certificate of authenticity. A special, one-of-a-kind and highly displayable piece.
