Original 1980s Film Fair Production Cel Bull Terrier New Yorker TV Commercial
Original 1980s Film Fair Production Cel Bull Terrier New Yorker TV Commercial
PRODUCT DETAILS
• Brand: Film Fair animation studio (named on the Gallery C Certificate of Authenticity)
• Material: Hand-inked and hand-painted animation cel, black ink line on clear acetate with color applied to the reverse, laid over a white textured presentation board
• Color/Finish: White ground with black ink outline, pale turquoise-blue wash on the collar and shadow, touch of pink on the ear and muzzle; turquoise mat with a circular opening in a slim silver aluminum frame
• Condition: Clean and bright with no cracking, paint lift, buckling, or acetate yellowing; mat unfaded; certificate lightly creased but complete and legible
• Era/Period: 1980s
• Provenance: Gallery C (Raleigh, NC) Certificate of Authenticity, inventory number M423, signed by Gallery Director Charlene Ferrell Newsom; gold foil Gallery C Raleigh seal on the frame backing
• Subject: The white bull terrier from a 1980s New Yorker Magazine television commercial, per the Film Fair studio credit on the certificate
This is an original one-of-a-kind hand-inked production cel, not a limited-edition sericel, made for a 1980s television commercial for The New Yorker Magazine at the Film Fair studio. The certificate identifies the studio and subject but does not name a cartoonist; the dog's look recalls the bull terrier associated with New Yorker cartoonist George Booth, but nothing here documents that connection, so it isn't claimed. It comes with a Gallery C Certificate of Authenticity and gold foil gallery seal, framed under glass with a turquoise circular mat. The white ground behind the figure is a presentation board added at framing rather than a matching painted production background.
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