(Walt Disney Studios, 1950) Gorgeous original concept painting by Mary Blair for Cinderella, which depicts Cinderella and Prince Charming during a romantic nighttime dance. Accomplished in tempera on an 11 x 10 illustration board, the scene beautifully portrays the couple dancing hand-in-hand along the shore of a pond, its surface highlighted by a pair of swans and the reflection of the sky’s full moon and array of twinkling stars. Adding extra magic to the scene is a swirling brush of gold rising high above the treeline before vanishing into the starry purple-hued firmament. In fine condition, with tack holes to corners.
Blair was a concept artist for Disney during the 1940s and early 1950s, working on designs for such films as Peter Pan, Cinderella, and Alice in Wonderland. She also created designs for several Disney attractions (including It's a Small World) and, her largest work ever, the multi-story mosaic in Disney World's Contemporary Hotel concourse.
