DAY 2 | MID CENTURY AUCTION APRIL 18th 2024
Thu, Apr 18, 2024 09:30PM EDT
Lot 390
'POPEYE AND OLIVE OYL' PRODUCTION CEL BY DAN HUNN & RON FRITZ
Sold for
$80
Sold Price excludes BP
Bid Increments
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| $50 | $10 |
| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $5,000 | $250 |
| $10,000 | $500 |
Original production cel over lithograph featuring Popeye and Olive Oyl, signed lower right by artists, Dan Hunn & Ron Fritz. Art measures 8" h x 11" w matted & mounted in a frame under glass measuring 17" x 20".
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In the 1960s and 70s, Fritz partnered with Dan Hunn in the advertising firm Hunn, Fritz & Henkin, specializing in animated commercials (such as a spot with Popeye). Fritz and Hunn directed the 1975 animated special Really Rosie (using designs from Maurice Sendak illustrations).
As an illustrator, Fritz provided cover and interior artwork for The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf and illustrated Christopher Cerf's Pop-up Animal-Alphabet Book. His other illustration credits include readers and phonics books, a Fisher-Price "Talk to Me Book" of riddles, and a Care Bears book about whales.