Cat in the Hat
 
MEDIUM: ​Original Production Cel on Printed Background
IMAGE SIZE: 12.5" x 10.5"
PRODUCTION: The Grinch Grinches the Cat, 1982
SKU: CCV3483

Framing included in pricing.

ABOUT THE IMAGE: This original hand-painted animation cel of the Cat in the Hat was created in the DePatie-Freleng Studio ink-and-paint department and photographed during the making of "The Grinch Grinches the Cat and the Hat," a television special written and co-produced by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geise).

On a "sunny, fuzzy, beezleberry day," the Cat settles in for a picnic but leaves his car in the road. The Grinch demands that he "get this crate out of my way." Standing at his picnic site, the Cat tells him with a smile: "I will de-blockerize and de-obstructervate this roadway." Studio designation "4002 59 13" is written along the bottom of the cel sheet to indicate this original's place in the film. 

ABOUT THE MEDIUM: Original production cels are one-of-a-kind pieces of art that were used in the creation of an animated film or television show. Each has been hand-painted by studio artists on a piece of celluloid acetate, and has been photographed over a background painting to create a frame of the finished production.