(Walt Disney Studios, 1967) Desirable original concept painting attributed to Marc Davis for Disneyland's famous dark ride attraction, Pirates of the Caribbean, depicting the Redhead, a wench from Isla Tesoro who later became Redd the pirate, confidently posing in her matching red hat, gown, and shoes. Accomplished in ink and watercolor on untrimmed 10 x 12 heavyweight art paper, the beautifully rendered work is signed in black felt tip by Davis. The reverse is stamped: "This material is the property of Walt Disney Productions." In fine condition.
One of Disney's Nine Old Men, the legendary core animators of early Disney films, Davis joined Disney in 1935 as an apprentice animator on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He continued to work on classic films like Bambi, Cinderella, and Alice in Wonderland, and then later transferred to Disney’s Imagineering team, where he contributed whimsical story and character concepts for Disneyland attractions like the Haunted Mansion, It’s a Small World, and Pirates of the Caribbean. Davis is probably best known as the father of some of Disney’s most memorable animated women, including Cruella De Vil from One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty, and Tinker Bell from Peter Pan.
