UPDATE: This is a piece of production artwork seen in the film, not concept art as initially described.
(Walt Disney Studios, 1955) Wonderful original production panorama background painting from Lady and the Tramp attributed to Eyvind Earle, showing a hammock suspended between two trees in Lady's well-to-do Connecticut neighborhood. Accomplished in gouache on 30.25 x 12 artist's paper, the lavish painting boasts the hallmarks of Earle's work: organic shapes and textures (thick-trunked trees, leafy canopies) compliment the rigid constructions of man (a concrete-block wall, a white picket fence); sunlight bathes the well-composed scene; and quaint 'painted lady' Victorians line the peaceful gravel road. This background is seen about nine minutes into the film, when a boy on a bicycle delivers newspapers throughout the neighborhood. Annotated in the lower border with sequence numbers. In fine condition.
Though chiefly employed as a background artist, Eyvind Earle was also assigned to create concepts for Lady and the Tramp's 'Sequence 7'—otherwise known as the 'Bella Notte' scene. He was a key contributor to the animation of the classic film, and would go on to serve as production designer for Sleeping Beauty. A stunning piece of production art by a Disney master.
