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Auction History Result

5a264 SYMPHONY IN SLANG linen 1sh '51 Tex Avery, cool art, it's literally raining cats & dogs!

Date Sold 3/5/2017
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An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More)

Symphony in Slang, the 1951 Tex Avery animated cartoon comedy short ("Produced by Fred Quimby"; about a "hipster" who dies and goes to Heaven, and he is trying to explain things to the Saints there, and his use of slang and "jive" causes them to greatly misunderstand what he is trying to say!) featuring the voice of John Brown (as The Hipster and Noah Webster). Note that Fred "Tex" Avery was one of the greatest legends of Hollywood animation. He started working for Walter Lantz on Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in the early 1930s. He moved to Warner Bros. in 1935, where he became a legend, working on the Merry Melodies and Looney Tunes series, creating or developing the best remembered Warner Bros. cartoon characters, including Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, and others. In 1941, after a disagreement, he briefly worked on a series called "Speaking of Animals", where real animals "talked" with animated lips, but he soon signed a contract with MGM, where he did even more wonderful work than before. He developed an entirely new type of cartoon (his MGMs are instantly recognizable as being "Tex Averys"), and they include characters such as Droopy, The Wolf, Red Hot Riding Hood, and many others. He is one of the greatest animators ever, and posters from his cartoons are difficult to obtain, and are highly sought after by collectors!
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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had small paper loss at the top crossfold and tiny paper loss at the other two crossfolds. It had some tiny bits of paper loss in the top horizontal fold and in the top quarter of the vertical fold, with a much lesser amount of wear on the other folds. It had a pinhole in each corner. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well!
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