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(Walt Disney Studios, 1950) Original concept painting by Mary Blair for Cinderella, which depicts Cinderella and her Fairy Godmother moments before the magical transformation that prepares her for the royal ball. Accomplished in tempera on an 8.5 x 8.75 illustration board, the enchanting nighttime scene beautifully portrays the Fairy Godmother raising her wand before Cinderella as sparkling magic begins to surround her. Blair fills the composition with fairy-tale imagery, including the pumpkin soon to be transformed into Cinderella's coach, the castle silhouetted in the moonlit distance, a graceful fountain, and a grove of leafless trees rendered in a modernist palette of cool blues, blacks, and whites. In fine condition, with tack holes to corners.
Blair was a concept artist for Disney during the 1940s and early 1950s, working on designs for such films as Peter Pan, Cinderella, and Alice in Wonderland. She also created designs for several Disney attractions (including It's a Small World) and, her largest work ever, the multi-story mosaic in Disney World's Contemporary Hotel concourse.
