Chuck Jones Hand Signed SOUND PLEASE'Duck Amuck' #174/500 cel Looney Tunes
Limited Edition Animation Cel with Hand Painted Color. Numbered and Hand Signed with Certificate of Authenticity. Own this amazing piece based on the original line image hand drawn and hand-inked on paper by Chuck Jones!
Measures Approx: 12.5 x 10.5. Chuck Jones (September 21, 1912 - February 22, 2002) was born in Spokane, Washington but grew up in Hollywood, California where he was inspired by the comedic talents and slapstick humor of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. As a child, he occasionally worked as an extra in Mac Sennett comedies. Jones graduated from Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles (now California Institute of the Arts).
In 1932, Jones got his first job as a cel washer for Ubbe Iwerks, a former Disney Animator. , after being hired by Friz Freleng as an animator. Once the animation branch of Warner Bros. Closed, Jones briefly worked for Disney before moving to MGM where he created new episodes of Tom and Jerry and directed features such as The Dot and the Line, which went on to win an Academy Award for Animated Short Film. Chuck Jones work has been honored at film festivals and museums throughout the world, including a one-man retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. His autobiography, Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist , appeared in 1989, now in its fifth printing. The item "Chuck Jones Hand Signed SOUND PLEASE'Duck Amuck' #174/500 cel Looney Tunes" is in sale since Wednesday, January 15, 2020. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Animation Art & Characters\Animation Art\Limited Editions".The seller is "cwbenoit" and is located in Tampa, Florida. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Viet nam, Uruguay.
- Artwork Type: Ltd Ed Cel-signed
- Modified Item: No
- Age: Pre-1970
- Original/Reproduction: Original Production Art
- Studio/Show: Warner Bros