King Features 1968 Original Animation Production Drawing, on 12.5” x 16” Bond Paper with Acme Punch Holes of Ring Starr’s face from “Yellow Submarine.” There are Handwritten Instructions from the Animator, some with Heliotrope (Red) Markings, Scene Numbers, Sequence numbers & Character Names. Custom-presented to an overall size of 22" x 26” in a 1.5” gold leaf frame, single matted with cream linen outer mat and gold wood fillet inner, and matted into the display is a 2" x 4" engraved description plaque. Accomplished with 100% acid-free matting to museum standards, enclosed in conservation clear glass with 99% UV protection to keep the art from fading, dust covered backed, and wired ready for hanging.
Comes with a Letter of Authenticity from Long Island Picture Frame & Art Gallery & Animator Ron Campbell, which reads: “This letter will serve as a valid Certificate of Authenticity for the accompanying original Yellow Submarine animation drawing actually used in the making of the 1968 film. This authentic piece of animation art was filmed in TVC Studios London, England for this excitingly different full-length feature film. Ron Campbell an animator of the Yellow Submarine has personally authenticated each piece.”
About Ron Campbell: In the late 60’s Ron Campbell, working with his friend and colleague Duane Crowther (RIP), animated many scenes in the Beatles Yellow Submarine feature film, including the Sea of Time sequence, and much of the action between the Chief Blue Meanie and his boot-licking sidekick, Max. He animated many scenes involving the multi-named Jeremy Hillary Boob PhD aka the Nowhere Man. In Yellow Submarine Producer Al Brodax’s 2004 memoir Up Periscope Yellow, chronicling the making of Yellow Submarine, Brodax accredits Campbell for helping pull together various elements of the movie.