2020 Late December Auction Closing January 3
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/3/2021
Offered is a limited-edition William Hanna and Joe Barbera signed, hand-painted animation cel featuring many of their popular animated cartoon characters from their television cartoons of the late 1950s through early 1970s. The pair of co-creators and animation studio producers signed their names in black marker in the lower center of the 13½ x 24-inch cel, with “Bill Hanna” at left and “Joe Barbera” at right. The print depicts the characters Snagglepuss, Muttley), Squiddly Diddly, Scrappy Doo, Top Cat, Magilla Gorilla, Yogi Bear and Dino participating in a baseball game while Barney Rubble, Fred Flintstone, Betty Rubble, Wilma Flintstone, Scooby-Doo, Pebbles, George Jetson, Elroy Jetson, Baba-Louis, Huckleberry Hound, Astro, Quickdraw McGraw, Atom Ant, Secret Squirrel and others look on from the sidelines. The cel is mounted in an ivory with purple accent matte and displayed in a 21½ x 32½-inch brown with gold accent wood with glass frame. This print is inscribed “361/400” in the lower right.