ORIGINAL Ralph BAKSHI PRODUCTION Art 3 panels

These are RALPH BAKSHI'S CONCEPTUAL ART from the 1970's

These original Art production drawings are from director Ralph Bakshi's personal collection*

The Three panels are approx. 8" x 7 7/8"

Reprint from historyforsale website:

A true gem for the ultimate "Wizards" collector!

This very rare animation art is original, and one of a kind.

It is a concept drawing that was done very early in the production of Wizards to get a feel for the character.

RALPH BAKSHI. Original Art, unsigned. B/w, 5x8. Pencil drawing and study of a cartoon character.

 Animator and filmmaker Ralph Bakshi began his career at the age of 18 as a cell painter for

Terrytoons Animation Studio. He quickly became an animator, working on such characters as

Mighty Mouse, Heckle and Jeckle and Deputy Dog. After becoming a Creative Director for CBS,

Bakshi created and wrote The Mighty Heroes before moving to Paramount Cartoon Studios,

where he did four animated theatricals: Marvin Digs, Mini Squirts,

Super Basher and Bop and The Fiendish Five. In 1971, he created, wrote and directed his controversial

Fritz the Cat, an animated feature that was touted as "the first X-rated animated cartoon".

Bakshi followed it with even more controversial animated features: Heavy Traffic (1973) and Coonskin (1975). In 1977,

he turned to the safer realm of science fiction, creating, writing, directing and producing Wizards

and later directing an animated version of Lord of the Rings (1978), using a rotoscoping technique to

animate realistic characters. The multi-talented Bakshi has also created and directed live action shorts

and TV movies and directed The Harlem Shuffle, a Rolling Stones music video.