Sold to benefit The Film & Television Charity
Wallace & Gromit
An Original Artwork By Creator Nick Park, Aardman Animations, 2024
Lot Closed
September 12, 02:00 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Watercolour and ink on paper, titled and signed by the artist in black ink, unframed.
Dimensions
13 1/4in x 12in (33.6cm x 30.5cm)
Provenance
Generously donated by Aardman Animations to support The Film and Television Charity.
Wallace & Gromit are the lovable man-and-his-dog duo created by Nick Park, first seen in the 1989 short film 'A Grand Day Out'. Over the next 35 years Park has won a total of 3 Academy® Awards for animated features starring the pair, for 'The Wrong Trousers', 'A Close Shave', and 'The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'. Each tale follows the hapless inventor and his loyal dog, making the pair and Aardman, the animation studio responsible, a beloved British institution. The characters will return to screens worldwide in 'Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl', premiering on Netflix on Christmas Day 2024.
The Consignor (The Film and Television Charity) is donating 100% of the hammer price from the sale of this Lot, to be sold in Sotheby’s Popular Culture online sale held from 29 August – 12 September 2024.