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FRANCOIS EPIN ART & DESIGN CONSULTING
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Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (トム・ソーヤーの冒険)
See original version (French)
112
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Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (トム・ソーヤーの冒険)
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (トム・ソーヤーの冒険)
Based on Mark Twain
Joe the Indian
Hand-painted celluloid used in the production of the animated film
Executed in ink and gouache
Original gouache background
Produced by Nippon Animation, 1980, Japan
H24.5 W27.5 cm
Glued background, warped cell
For Tom, Joe the Indian is, first and foremost, the embodiment of absolute terror. The man from the graveyard, whose shadow alone is enough to make a child tremble, appears here wearing a wide-brimmed hat, his gaze fixed and his eyes wide open: fear has a face. But the character is not merely a bogeyman. As the story unfolds, the man Tom feared turns out to be less monstrous than his legend suggests, and it is this shift that makes him one of the most human ‘villains’ on the market.
The 1980 series, directed by Hiroshi Saitō for Nippon Animation, is part of Japanese television’s cycle of adaptations of Western literary classics
See original version (French)
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About the sale
Art Animation VII: Monsters, Villains and Antagonists
Auction location
Auction time
10/18/2026 at 3:00 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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