Artist: Myron Waldman
Title: The Great Train Stoppery
Year created: 1990
Medium: Hand-inked, Hand-painted Animation Cel
Signed by the artist
Edition: A.P. 22/25 Artist's Proof
Height (inches): 19-3/4"
Width (inches): 23-3/4"
This piece is framed.
Includes a certificate of authenticity.
Description of piece:
This animation cel, The Great Train Stoppery, a very rare collectible Popeye animation art, is numbered and hand-signed by animation industry icon Myron Waldman. Rare not only for its interesting tonal color palette, it is also one of only 25 hand-signed and numbered Artist Proofs which were created for a Limited Edition cel.
Myron Waldman, who worked as head animator at Fleischer Studio in the 1930s during the Golden Age of Animation, and later at Paramount's Famous Studios, is renowned for working on some of the best Popeye, Betty Boop and Casper the Friendly Ghost cartoons.
This hand-inked and hand-painted artwork bears the edition number A.P 22/25 in the lower left, directly adjacent to the King Features Syndicate Limited Edition insignia, complete with production date of 1990.
Myron Waldman has personally hand-signed the artwork, center-right, "MYRON WALDMAN", in a clear, bold signature in black paint pen. James Spence Authentication (JSA) examined Mr. Waldman's signature and determined it to be authentic, assigning it a unique alphanumeric certification number which corresponds to the full Letter of Authenticity from JSA which accompanies the work.
The cel comes framed and ready for display in a silver frame, with a double mat in white for the outer mat, and a silver-toned inner mat which complements the unique coloration of the work. Framed size measures 19-3/4" in height x 23-3/4" width.
Artist bio:
Myron Waldman (1908 – 2006) was an animator whose illustrious career in animation spanned well over 50 years and includes over 170 credits as director of animation and animator.
Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Waldman attended the Pratt Institute and was first hired as an inker and fill-in artist by the Fleischer Studios in 1930. The studio, located at 1600 Broadway in Times Square and operated by the brothers Max and Dave Fleischer, was America's pre-eminent animation workshop. Waldman went on to become a principle animator at Fleischer.
Few are untouched by his diverse work and animation accomplishments. Best known for his work at Fleischer Studio, his credits include Casper the Friendly Ghost, Popeye (Olive Oyl & Bluto), Betty Boop, Raggedy Ann & Raggedy Andy, Baby Huey, Gulliver's Travels, and the animated adaptations of Superman. He also created one of the first graphic novels, the wordless novel Eve: A Pictorial Love Story.
In 1986 Waldman received the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Award, and in 1997 was given the Winsor McCay Award for his lifetime work in the field of animation. In the 1990's Myron Waldman was honored with retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art, the American Museum of the Moving Image and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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