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"Up, Up and a Weight" Animation Cel
"Up, Up and a Weight" Animation Cel
"Up, Up and a Weight" Animation Cel

"Up, Up and a Weight" Animation Cel

Artist (1912 Spokane, Washington - 2002 Newport Beach, California)
Date1996
Mediumanimation cel, acetate, pen and ink line, acrylic paints, ed. 218/250
Dimensions13 1/2 × 16 1/2 in. (34.3 × 41.9 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings, Pastels & Watercolors
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Bill Heeter and Kristi Correa
Object numberPC2019.32.1
DescriptionThis is a color cartoon illustration of the Looney Tunes cartoon characters Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. In the bottom third of the frame the Road Runner is in motion, running from left to right on an asphalt road towards a the opening of a tunnel, dust trailing in his wake. His catchphrase "BEEP BEEP" is printed near his beak. Above the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote stands in the basket of a propeller assisted hot air balloon, holding an anvil above his head with the intention of dropping it onto the Road Runner. In the foreground and background are desert plants, boulders, and rock formations.
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