Original hand painted and hand inked production animation cel of Briar Rose from "Sleeping Beauty," 1959, Walt Disney Studios; Set on a hand painted custom background; Size - Briar Rose: 5 1/2 x 4 3/4", Image 11 x 14 1/2"; Unframed.
"Sleeping Beauty," the 1959 Walt Disney full
length motion picture, introduced two characters that would become universal
favorites; Maleficent and Princess Aurora. Aurora, along with Snow White and
Cinderella would be forever immortalized in the public's view as the three
greatest Disney Princesses. The original design for Aurora and her peasant
disguise Briar Rose was developed by Tom Oreb, who based the character on the
famed Hollywood actress Audrey Hepburn; known for her thin frame and a very
graceful demeanor. Marc Davis, the head animator, would continue the
development process by morphing her general appearance and the clothing of the
heroine. The fine tuning of the character continued so that she could be
combined with the very angular forms present in the Eyvind Earle hand painted
backgrounds.
As with other Disney films, an actress was hired as a
live-action model (as a guide for the animators) for Princess Aurora/Briar
Rose. Helene Stanley, who was also the model for Cinderella in 1950, became the
model for the heroine. It is interesting to note that prior to marrying Marc
Davis in 1956, Alice (Davis) designed some of costumes worn by Stanley in her
acting role in "Sleeping Beauty."
In 1952, the professional opera singer Mary Costa, after
meeting people at a party with her future husband director Frank Tashlin,
auditioned for the part of Disney's Princess Aurora/Briar Rose. Walt Disney
called her personally within hours of the audition to inform her that the part
was hers. The success of the film "Sleeping Beauty," owes a chuck of
those accolades to the voice of Mary Costa. Her songs were some of the most
beautiful ever sung by a Disney Princess. In November 1999 Mary Costa received
the Disney Legends Award, and her hand prints are now a permanent part of the
Disney Legends Plaza at the entrance to Walt Disney Studios.
Original production animation cel of Briar Rose without the background.
After Maleficent's evil curse that Princess Aurora would
(before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday) prick her finger on the spindle
of a spinning wheel and die; the three Good Fairies disguise Aurora as a
peasant named Briar Rose and hide her deep in a remote forest cottage. The
majority of the movie focuses on Briar Rose, and this is a beautiful original
production animation cel of her. She had been placed on a hand painted custom background of the forest, just outside beyond her cottage home. A beautiful image of her sitting on the roots of a large tree, and a great addition to any vintage Walt Disney animation art collection!
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