25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Walt Disney Studios
Sleeping Beauty Animation Cell, 1959
sight 22.2 x 14 cm, framed and glazed 43 x 32 cm
One of Christopher's first jobs was working for Walt Disney Studios.
The Property of the Late Christopher Hobbs
Christopher Hobbs (1941-2024) was a talented artist and production designer working on films as varied as Edward II, The Long Day Closes, Jubilee, Velvet Goldmine and Mansfield Park. He had studied at the Slade before turning his hand to prop design for Ken Russell’s 1971 witchcraft drama The Devils. It was there that he worked alongside Derek Jarman and the pair went on the work on several films together including Caravaggio and The Last of England. His final screen work, the BBC television serial of Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast (2000), for which he created more than 100 sets, brought him the Royal Television Society’s best production design award. “It’s impossible not to admire the stunning visual imagination of Christopher Hobbs,” wrote the critic Steve Grant.
Sold for £480
Condition Report
Please see further images of the cell out of the frame. The cell is mounted and sealed with tape. Label on the back for 'Art Corner Disneyland'. The cell is now cockled with age and has minor scratches throughout visible under light. There is a more noticeable scratch to the bottom left. The blue background has faded where it has not been covered by the outer frame mount. The mount for the cell itself has previous tape marks around the outside edge, with pencil and pen markings to the right side.
Walt Disney Studios
Sleeping Beauty Animation Cell, 1959
sight 22.2 x 14 cm, framed and glazed 43 x 32 cm
ProvenanceOne of Christopher's first jobs was working for Walt Disney Studios.
The Property of the Late Christopher Hobbs
Christopher Hobbs (1941-2024) was a talented artist and production designer working on films as varied as Edward II, The Long Day Closes, Jubilee, Velvet Goldmine and Mansfield Park. He had studied at the Slade before turning his hand to prop design for Ken Russell’s 1971 witchcraft drama The Devils. It was there that he worked alongside Derek Jarman and the pair went on the work on several films together including Caravaggio and The Last of England. His final screen work, the BBC television serial of Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast (2000), for which he created more than 100 sets, brought him the Royal Television Society’s best production design award. “It’s impossible not to admire the stunning visual imagination of Christopher Hobbs,” wrote the critic Steve Grant.
