B & R Gallery is a preferred dealer featuring Walt Disney Studios Animation Art

Production Cels

Original production cels are colorful paintings on acetate, created by studio artists, then photographed and actually used in a film or television program action sequence. Disney Art Editions offers these one-of -a-kind cels taken from more recent films and television programs. B & R has a choice selection of these original cels available for the collector.

Hand-Inked-Line Limited-Edition Cels

Since few production cels from earlier animated features and shorts exist, Disney recreates cels of the most classic moments in limited editions. Hand-inked cels are made using traditional animation techniques, exactly as the production cels were originally made fro so many classic Disney films. This includes tracing an animation drawing onto acetate by hand with different color inks and hand painting gum or acrylic-based colors formulated exclusively in Disney laboratories. The work is done by a small cadre of Disney artists who have kept this almost-forgotten art alive. Some hand-inked cels are combined with backgrounds.

Xerographic-Line Limited-Edition Cels

Xerographic-line cels, instead of being hand-inked, are created by transferring the original animation drawing to the acetate cels by a special six-step xerographic process, a refinement pioneered by Walt Disney Studios in the late 1950s. “101 Dalmatians” was the first feature film to be created entirely with this revolutionary process. Many of the cels are then enhanced with hand-inked lines before being hand-painted with Disney colors and combined with a lithographic background.

Serigraph Cels

Serigraph cels, or sericels, recreate images of Disney’s famed cast of characters. To produce a sericel, Disney artists create a hand-inked, hand-colored painting or model of Disney characters, which is then transferred to the acetate cel by a silk-screen process known as serigraphy.

For novice collectors of Walt Disney Studios Animation Art, B & R’s Gallery Director recommends sericels and production cels from recent Disney television productions as an excellent way to get started in Disney collectibles.

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Fine animation art sculptures that capture the magic, emotion and beauty of Disney's animated films.The Walt Disney Classics Collection uses the principles of Disney animation to capture the essence of Disney characters and the settings in which they come to life.

As a "Preferred Gallery" we are a primary source for this widely sought-after art work. For access to the most memorable animation art, from Disney classics to today's hits

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