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Producer:
Disney, Walt  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 12 1/2 in x 17 in; 31.75 cm x 43.18 cm
Object Name:
Animation Cel
cel, animation
Date made:
around 1988
Description:
Hand-painted animation cell of Ursula, Flotsam, and Jetsam from <i>The Little Mermaid</i>. With her back to the audience, Ursula has both arms extended with her right arm pointing upward. This film is a cinematic adaption of Danish author Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale.
The character, drawn by Disney Studios artist-animator Ruben Aquino, is a cecaelia or half woman, half octopus, and is loosely patterned after Divine, the larger-than-life female impersonator of John Waters films. Comedienne Pat Carroll voiced the character of Ursula. The cel also depicts the characters of Flotsam and Jetsam, a pair of moray eels that are Ursula henchmen. It was the final Disney feature film to use the traditional hand-painted cel method of animation and is generally regarded as the film that revived the classic Disney animated feature film.
Location:
Currently not on view
Credit Line:
Gift of Walt Disney Animation Research Library
ID Number:
2005.0135.05
Accession number:
2005.0135
Catalog number:
2005.0135.05
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Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
Movie Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-a5a1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1290145