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Edward Lear items at Christies

Posted by Marco on October 27th, 2006

There are a number of Edward Lear watercolours for sale at Christie’s, mostly in the “British Art on Paper” sale of 16 November. If you have £20,000-30,000 you can also get: GOULD, John (1804-1881). A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans. London: for the Author, [1833-]1834[-1835], to which Lear contributed ten plates. Or [...]

Alice Meets the Cheshire Cat

Posted by Marco on October 12th, 2006

After writing yesterday’s post I remembered I had seen an animator break down of the Cheshire cat scene in Disney’s Alice; at last I have found it again, it was posted by Thad Komorowski of Animation ID on Dailymotion:
Alice Meets the Cheshire Cat BreakdownUploaded by thadk

Cheshire Cat Art

Posted by Marco on October 11th, 2006

If, like me, you think the Cheshire Cat scene in the Disney Alice in Wonderland is one of the best moments in the movie, don’t miss the We’re All Mad Here (more) exhibition at Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight. You will find several paintings based on the character at their site, and more at Vinyl Pulse, [...]