(Walt Disney Studios, 1966) Extremely rare original concept painting by Marc Davis for Disneyland's famous dark ride attraction Pirates of the Caribbean, depicting a skeleton pirate in a rowboat with the 'Jolly Roger' flag: a jug of rum sits at his feet, and a parrot is perched atop an anchor. Accomplished in watercolor on 15.5 x 13.5 heavyweight art paper, signed in the lower right in pencil by Marc Davis. The total image measures 12 x 10. In fine condition, with tack holes to corners. A dark and dramatic concept painting for a popular Disney attraction.
One of Disney's Nine Old Men, the legendary core animators of early Disney films, Davis joined Disney in 1935 as an apprentice animator on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He continued to work on classic films like Bambi, Cinderella, and Alice in Wonderland, and then later transferred to Disney’s Imagineering team where he contributed whimsical story and character concepts for Disneyland attractions like the Haunted Mansion, It’s a Small World, and Pirates of the Caribbean. Davis is probably best known as the father of some of Disney’s most memorable animated women, including Cruella De Vil from One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty, and Tinker Bell from Peter Pan.
