SHE-RA: PRINCESS OF POWER (T.V. SERIES 1985) She-Ra and Swift Wind Original Production Cels on Key Master Hand-Painted Background

There are pieces that define a series, and this is one of them. A magnificent original production cel setup of She-Ra and Swift Wind on a hand-painted master production background, from She-Ra: Princess of Power, Filmation Associates, 1985-1987.

It is a truly remarkable moment; She-Ra astride Swift Wind in full flight, hair and mane streaming, the world blurring into pure motion behind them, the hand-painted master background elevating the whole moment into something genuinely exceptional. The brushwork is extraordinary, sweeping strokes of deep blue, purple and green that convey speed and freedom with a painterly confidence that goes well beyond the functional requirements of television animation. Whoever painted this background understood exactly what the scene needed.

The production annotations PP-STK, BG 408, PP73, 257 and H13 are all indicators of its production use. Interestingly, The PP-STK designation confirms this as a Princess of Power Stock Cel, created for repeated use across multiple episodes, the visual language of the series distilled into its most essential form. That the cel setup and original background have survived together in this condition is remarkable in itself.The Filmation Production Cel seal with printed Lou Scheimer signature confirms its route to market.

She-Ra: Princess of Power launched in 1985 as the spin-off sister series to He-Man, and in doing so gave an entire generation of girls their own warrior, their own mythology, and their own icon. Lou Scheimer and Filmation understood the cultural weight of what they were creating, and She-Ra, voiced with warmth and authority by Melendy Britt, became one of the most enduring animated heroines of the decade. Swift Wind, her winged unicorn companion, was inseparable from that identity, and the two together remain among the most recognisable images the studio ever produced.

This piece comes from the same extraordinary private estate collection as others in this auction, assembled by a devoted animation historian whose close personal friendship with Lou Scheimer and Alan Oppenheimer placed him at the very heart of the Filmation world. His brother's contribution to the series was acknowledged in the Shout Factory DVD releases and in Andy Mangels' authorised biography of Scheimer. To find a piece of this quality within a collection of this provenance is precisely why this auction exists. Propstore is honoured to offer it.

Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

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