Rare Preliminary Watercolor from Pinocchio at Bonhams & Butterfields’ Auction
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams & Butterfields’
Entertainment Memorabilia auction on June 13, 2010 will include a wide
range of
collectible items related to our popular culture including a rare
preliminary
watercolor from the Oscar-winning® Walt Disney film Pinocchio, 1940, by
famed
children’s book and cartoon illustrator Gustaf Tenggren. The painting
depicts a
scene from the animated classic where Pinocchio runs into Gideon and J.
Worthington Foulfellow on a cobbled narrow Bavarian street. In this
watercolor,
the puppet’s two acquaintances are depicted as well as a quaint village
with
diminutive houses, which feature carved details.