Artist: Carl Barks
Title: Wanderers of Wonderlands
Year created: 1981
Medium: Hand-Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Lithograph
Signed by the artist
Edition: 858/5000
Height (inches): 16
Width (inches): 12
This piece is framed.
Includes a certificate of authenticity.
Description of piece: This highly collectible hand-signed, numbered and dated lithograph, Wanderers of Wonderlands, was created directly from the original Carl Barks oil painting by the same name, his first Scrooge oil specifically intended for reproduction as a lithograph. It is considered to be one of Barks' most important and significant works, and one of his most important Duck paintings.
Filled with rich detail and sumptuous color, the work prominently features Uncle Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck, and the boys examining the treasures found amidst ancient ruins (while other Carl Barks' creations - Beagle Boys, Harpies, and Magica De Spell - watch on).
The work is hand-signed in pencil by Carl Barks in the lower right margin of the artwork, above the edition number and date, also in pencil, "585/500 1981".
Wanderers of Wonderlands is framed and ready for display in a black gallery-style frame, archivally mounted with a custom hand-cut beveled white mat with black core. The framed size measures 16" in height x 12" width.
The work has been examined and authenticated by James Spence Authentication (JSA), and the lithograph bears a unique numbered authenticating certification label, and is accompanied by a corresponding certification of authenticity, from JSA.
This is a classic Walt Disney Productions - Carl Barks hand-signed artwork and collector's item!
Artist bio: Carl Barks (1901–2000) was a cartoonist, author, and painter, best known for his comics about Donald Duck and as the creator of Scrooge McDuck, Donald's uncle. He worked anonymously until late in his career; fans dubbed him The Duck Man and The Good Duck Artist. In 1987, Barks was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.
Barks worked for the Disney Studio and Western Publishing where he created Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck (1947), Gladstone Gander (1948), the Beagle Boys (1951), The Junior Woodchucks (1951), Gyro Gearloose (1952), Cornelius Coot (1952), Flintheart Glomgold (1956), John D. Rockerduck (1961) and Magica De Spell (1961). Cartoonist Will Eisner called him "the Hans Christian Andersen of comic books."