Carl Barks and Donald Duck
Bonhams & Butterfields Entertainment Memorabilia and Animation Art sale on June 4th 2007 sale in Los Angeles will be of significant interest to Disney as it features property from the Estate of Carl Barks including original animation drawings, working storyboards and watercolors from his personal archive.For those that are not aware of Carl Barks – he was the artist who for decades drew many famous Disney comic book characters. From the early 1940s until the late 1960s, Carl Barks illustrated Walt Disney’s comics and stories and drew the beloved “Donald Duck” character as well as “Huey, Duey and Louie” (adding his own creation “Uncle Scrooge” in 1948). Having never signed his name to a single Donald Duck story, Barks received no biographical notes in any of the Disney comic books (unlike artists of comic book publishers of the 1950s). Barks toiled in privacy for more than 25 years before fans of comics and animation sought him out. He is now considered to be one of Disney’s all-time great animators.
The auction includes a rare and highly sought after Carl Barks “money bin” painting entitled Hands Off My Playthings (chronological number 106) featuring Huey, Duey and Louie making a castle out of thousand dollar bills and gold coins while Donald admires himself while donning a crown and Scrooge throws a fit in the background. Dated 1975, the highly recognizable oil on masonite work is signed in the lower left and estimated at $150,000 to $200,000. Barks commented publicly that this was his favorite “money bin” painting -- according to the auctioneers, it is one of the most compelling examples of Barks’ painting ever brought to public auction.
As well as the Crla Barks material the auction also features a Marilyn Monroe archive featuring a set of never-before-seen honeymoon photographs featuring her then-new husband Joe DiMaggio.
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