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July Fourth in Duckburg Signed Lithograph by Carl Barks

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July Fourth in Duckburg Signed Lithograph by Carl Barks Comic Art

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Title:	July Fourth in Duckburg Signed Lithograph by Carl Barks
Artist:	Carl Barks (All)
Media Type:	Mixed Media
Art Type:	Other
For Sale Status:	NFS
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Added to Site:	9/15/2014
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Carl Barks July Fourth in Duckburg Regular Edition Lithograph #329/350 (Another Rainbow, 1998). The lithograph is part of a continuing, hand-signed by Carl Barks and numbered limited edition series.

A fabulous fraternity of fans share the spotlight with Donald, Uncle Scrooge, The Junior Woodchucks, and the entire panoply of Barks' Disney characters in his tribute to the Nation's Bicentennial, July Fourth in Duckburg.

Painted, appropriately enough, in early 1976, Barks' choice of real world people to be included in the oil were among those most active in the Barks market at the time. Actually "July Fourth" includes the largest cast of any Barks painting, with more than 80 characters. They range from Disney's famous ducks (Donald, and the Barks-created Uncle Scrooge) to comic fan favorites (Gladstone Gander and Gyro Gearloose) to figures with just a few appearances to their credit (Magica DeSpell and Bombie the Zombie). It's also the only Barks painting to show Duckburg founder Cornelius Coot. Even those repeat offenders the Beagle Boys are all smiles in a passing paddy wagon.

"I loved the Beagle Boys in it. They can afford to be happy because they know it won't be long until they're free again!" says radio station executive and Barks collector Kerby Confer, who is selling the painting without reserve.

Extraordinarily, the painting also includes 12 real people - prominent comic fans of the day, including Osborne - making it unique among Barks' paintings. Barks' commentary at the time didn't identify the "parade spectators" by name, only noting descriptions such as "the Tennessean who publishes a Price Guide that is the Dow-Jones of comic book collecting," a reference to Robert M. Overstreet, who is seen winking on the far right. A stock ticker on the left shows "Overstreet Quotes" with humorous values for key Duck comics.
Some of the "super-fans" in the painting, such as Osborne, knew Barks well. Others, like illustration/comic art expert and bookseller Bud Plant, had not met Barks at the time.

July Fourth in Duckburg was printed by the Black Box of Chicago on Opalesque Keramique paper under license from Disney Enterprises, Inc. to Another Rainbow. Opalesque is a registered archival-quality paper constructed of 100% cotton fiber for strength and longevity and is coated with a mother-of-pearl silken finish. It has exceptional ink holdout that gives it color reproduction of quality and consistency. It is acid free to resist aging and has alkaline buffering to counteract the effects of acids normally present in the environ�ment. If this print is framed or stored under conditions that avoid dust, insects, direct sunlight and extremes in heat, cold and humidity, it will resist fading or yellowing for hundreds of years.
This historic limited edition lithograph has had no previous editions and there will be none in the future. There are no unsigned or unnumbered copies. All printing plates have been destroyed to prevent future use.
This print has an overall size of 25" x 20.5", and a 20" x 15" image area.

Having trouble identifying persons? - See the additional image with numbers and letters, which are explained here (along with a few comments):

PERSONS:
1 = E. B. Boatner
2 = Donald Ault
3 = Bruce Hamilton
4 = Michael Barrier
5 = Donald Phelps
6 = Russ Cochran (and son)
7 = Glenn Bray
8 = Jerry Osborne
9 = Anthony Dispoto
10 = Robert Overstreet
11 = Burrel Rowe
12 = Bud Plant

COMMENTS:
A = Gladstone, Scrooge, and Donald are portrayed as in the famous Centennial (1876) painting The Spirit of '76 by Archibald Willard. Disney used the motif in a few comic book front covers as well - the Mickey Mouse Magazine from July 1939 and WDCS058 from July 1945.
B = Ault is carrying a copy of FC0009 Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold.
C = Barks playfully made a short listing of the imaginary value of some of his comic books as seen in The Overstreet Price Guide.
D = The Clink was a prison in Southwark outside London, England. The name later became a nickname for prison.
E = Barks made his rendering of the Statue of Liberty which was erected in New York's harbour in 1886. It is plausible that he used Daisy as the model.
F = Flintheart Glomgold is seen waving the South African flag thus establishing him as a citizen from South Africa. This flag was changed in 1994 to the current one.
G = Originally, Barks made an error in the spelling of Duckburg by omitting the K. By the time the painting was already finished and framed, and Barks had to make the necessary correction (see also I).
H = The newly finished painting 73-01 Blue Persia is displayed in the art gallery.
I = After having finished the painting Barks decided to change the policeman's nose from a snout to a button, i.e. from a pig to a bear (see also G).
Source: http://www.cbarks.dk/thepaintingdetails2.htm

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