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(Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Magnificent original production storyboard paintings from Fantasia, containing 45 hand-painted scenes from the epic ‘The Rite of Spring’ sequence, which vividly depicts the dramatic dinosaur battle between a Tyrannosaurus and a Stegosaurus. Each scene is accomplished in colored pastel on an individual 3.5 x 2.75 sheet that has been chronologically arranged and affixed to a 40 x 21.5 poster-sized backing sheet, the reverse of which is marked as “H12A,” “26,” and “A40.” The sequence is brilliantly realized and is in keeping with the remarkable finished product found in the film; a Tyrannosaurus emerges from the shadows on a stormy night and pursues a pack of herbivorous dinosaurs, as the slowest of the group, a well-armored Stegosaurus, is forced to defend itself from the great jaws of its attacker. In the end, the Tyrannosaurus fatally bites its prey and concludes the segment’s memorable life-and-death lesson. Matted and in overall fine condition. Accompanied by a color 13 x 10 lobby card for Fantasia, which depicts the two dinosaurs fighting under a bolt of lightning. While the majority of storyboards are sketched hastily in pencil, this marvelous 45-scene sequence is achieved in splendid, visceral color, with each beautifully realized scene a true mini-masterpiece of scope and detail.
