WC Fields Jay Ward Original Production Animation Cel Drawing 1970's AS-044

JAY WARD PRODUCTIONS
W.C. Fields Original Production Animation Cel Drawing
Likely from "The Vintage W.C. Fields" 1975

Comes with a Charles Scott Gallery Certificate of Authenticity

When this came to us, the rest of the drawings that didn't include W. C. Fields were all clearly from Jay Ward's Studio. Then our research turned up an interesting project: "The Vintage W.C. Fields."  It's mentioned in "The Moose that Roared" by Kieth Scott as a film that Jay's company made.  It was a retrospective on W.C. Fields that had "nice cartoon links animated by some of Ward's favorite artists like Phil Duncan and Ben Washam" and "we'd done some little animated bridges in which Bill [Hurtz] imitated Field's voice.  But the Fields estate wouldn't allow it to be released..."  And while it is listed in the Library of Congress and on IMDB, we've never seen it.

We believe these are the drawings from one of those bridges - the timing is exactly right (mid 1970's) and the other frames are so clearly from Ward's shop. Drawing measures approx. 10.5" x 12.5".

Will be shipped between cardboard.