Chuck Jones Enterprises
A great collection of original production animation cels and limited editions for sale from Chuck Jones Enterprises.
Original hand painted production animation cel of Horton from Dr. Seuss "Horton Hears A Who!," 1970, Chuck Jones Enterprises; Production number in ink lower right; Signed Chuck Jones in ink with Linda Jones Enterprises seal lower left; Set on a lithographic background; Includes original LJE Certificate of Authenticity; Size - Horton: 6 1/4 x 6 3/4", Image 9 1/2 x 12"; Unframed; SOLD!
Original hand painted production animation cel of The Wickersham Brothers from Dr. Seuss "Horton Hears A Who!," 1970, Chuck Jones Enterprises; Production numbers in ink lower edge; Signed Chuck Jones in ink with Linda Jones Enterprises seal lower right; Set on a lithographic background; Includes original LJE Certificate of Authenticity; Size - The Wickersham Brothers: 3 1/2 x 6 1/2", Image 9 1/2 x 12 1/2"; Unframed; SOLD!
Original hand painted production animation cel of Whizzer McKwoff from Dr. Seuss "Horton Hears A Who!," 1970, Chuck Jones Enterprises; Production numbers in ink lower edge; Signed Chuck Jones in ink lower right with Linda Jones Enterprises seal lower left; Set on a lithographic background; Includes original LJE Certificate of Authenticity; Size - Whizzer McKwoff: 4 1/4 x 8", Image 9 1/2 x 12 1/2"; Unframed; SOLD!
Original hand painted production animation cel with matching production drawing in graphite & blue pencils of the Grinch from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" 1966, Chuck Jones Enterprises; Production numbers lower edges; Both numbered 43 and hand signed by Chuck Jones; Linda Jones Enterprises seals lower left; With Original Linda Jones Certificates of Authenticity; Size - Grinch: 6 3/4 x 3 1/4", Image 9 1/4 x 12 1/4"; Sheet 10 1/2 x 12 1/2"; Unframed; SOLD!
Original hand painted production animation cels of the Grinch and ejected film from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" 1966, Chuck Jones Enterprises; Set on a lithograph background; Production numbers lower edges; Numbered 6 and A1 in ink lower right; Hand signed by Chuck Jones; Linda Jones Enterprises seal lower left; Size - Grinch, Camera, & Film: 7 3/4 x 3 1/4", Image 9 1/4 x 9 1/4"; Unframed; SOLD!
Original hand painted production animation cel of Dr. H. Hoovey with Speck of Dust from Dr. Seuss "Horton Hears A Who!," 1970, Chuck Jones Enterprises; Production number in ink lower right; Signed Chuck Jones in ink lower left with Linda Jones Enterprises seal lower right; Set on a lithographic background; Includes original LJE Certificate of Authenticity; Size - Dr. H. Hoovey with Speck of Dust: 7 3/4 x 6 1/2", Image 8 3/4 x 12 3/4"; Unframed; SOLD!
Original hand painted production animation cel with matching production drawing in graphite, red, & blue pencils of the Grinch from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" 1966, Chuck Jones Enterprises; Production numbers stamp lower sheet edge; Both numbered 97; Size - Grinch, Yellow Santa Coat, & Cut Fabric: 4 3/4 x 6", Image 8 x 10 1/2"; Sheet 10 1/2 x 12 1/2"; Unframed; SOLD!
Original hand painted production animation cel of The Wickersham Brothers from Dr. Seuss "Horton Hears A Who!," 1970, Chuck Jones Enterprises; Set on a hand painted production background; Production numbers in pencil upper right corner of the background; Size - Wickersham Brothers: 5 1/2 x 4", Image 9 1/2 x 13", Background 10 1/2 x 14 1/2"; Unframed; SOLD!
Original hand painted production animation cels of Dr. H. Hoovey, and three cels of Whos with Musical Instruments from Dr. Seuss "Horton Hears A Who!," 1970, Chuck Jones Enterprises; Three Musical Instrument cels are set on their key master production background; Production numbers in ink lower right cel corners and top edge of the background; Size - Dr. H. Hoovey: 4 1/2 x 6 3/4", Image 9 1/4 x 12 1/2", Background 10 1/2 x 15 3/4"; Unframed; SOLD!
Original production animation drawing in graphite and blue pencils of the Grinch from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" 1966, Chuck Jones Enterprises; Production numbers lower center; Numbered 11 and "Copyright 1966 TURNER ENT. CO." lower right; Linda Jones Enterprises seal lower right; With original Linda Jones Certificate of Authenticity; Size - Grinch: 7 x 5", Sheet 10 1/2 x 12 1/2"; Unframed; SOLD!
Original hand painted production animation cel of Jane and Junior Kangaroo from Dr. Seuss "Horton Hears A Who!," 1970, Chuck Jones Enterprises; Set on a lithographic background; Numbered 1 in ink lower right corner; Size - Jane & Junior Kangaroo: 7 1/2 x 4 1/2", Image 9 3/4 x 12"; Unframed; SOLD!
Original hand painted production animation cel with matching production drawing in graphite, red, & blue pencils of the Grinch from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" 1966, Chuck Jones Enterprises; Production number stamp lower sheet edges; Both numbered 112; Size - Grinch & Cut Fabric: 5 1/4 x 4 1/2", Image 8 x 10 1/2"; Sheet 10 1/2 x 12 1/2"; Unframed; SOLD!
Original production animation drawing in graphite pencil of the Grinch from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" 1966, Chuck Jones Enterprises; Production numbers lower center and numbered 13 lower right; Signed in pencil 'Chuck Jones' with "Copyright 1966 TURNER ENTERTAINMENT CO." lower center; Linda Jones Enterprises seal lower left; With original Linda Jones Certificate of Authenticity; Size - Grinch: 6 1/2 x 7 3/4", Sheet 10 1/2 x 12 1/2"; Unframed; SOLD!
Original hand painted production animation cel of Mowgli & Baloo from "Mowgli's Brothers," 1976," Chuck Jones Enterprises; Signed in ink 'Chuck Jones' with "Copyright CHUCK JONES ENT. 1976 lower right; Linda Jones Enterprises seal lower left; Hand signed & dedicated: "For Page Chuck Jones" in ink verso with the Circle Fine Art label; Size - Mowgli & Baloo: 7 x 4 3/4", Image 9 1/2 x 12", Frame 17 x 19 1/2"; Framed with a blue frame, three mats, and plexiglass; SOLD!
Aromantic, 2002; Limited edition giclee on watercolor Somerset 100% acid-free art rag paper; Featuring Pepe Le Pew and Penelope Pussycat; Linda Jones Enterprises; Signed in pencil 'Chuck Jones' lower left and numbered 177/750 in pencil lower right; With original Certificate of Authenticity from the publisher; Size - Sheet: 5 1/4 x 7 1/2", Frame 8 3/4 x 10 3/4"; Framed with a black wood easel back frame, a green linen mat, and plexiglass; SOLD!
Original production animation drawing in graphite and blue pencils of the Grinch from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" 1966, Chuck Jones Enterprises; Production numbers lower center; Numbered 11 and "Copyright 1966 TURNER ENT. CO." lower right; Linda Jones Enterprises seal lower right; With original Linda Jones Certificate of Authenticity; Size - Grinch: 7 x 5", Sheet 10 1/2 x 12 1/2"; Unframed.
"You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch,
You really are a heel,
You're as cuddly as a cactus, you're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch,
You're a bad banana with a greasy black peel!"
- Sung by Thurl Ravenscroft lyrics by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel
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Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones (1912 – 2002) was an American animator, filmmaker, cartoonist, author, artist, and screenwriter; and is best known for his work on the Warner
Bros. Cartoons, Looney Tunes, and Merrie Melodies shorts. He wrote, produced, and/or directed many classic animated cartoon shorts, that all of us remember, starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Pepé Le Pew, Porky Pig and many other star Warner Bros. characters.
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After his career at Warner Bros. ended in 1962, he started Sib Tower 12 Productions and began producing cartoons for MGM, including a new series of Tom and Jerry shorts. Also at MGM, in collaboration with Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss), he created some of his most famous works — the television adaptations of Dr. Seuss classics such as How The Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) and Horton Hears a Who! (1970). Later, Jones continued this partnership with Dr. Seuss on the Loose (1973), a delightful television special featuring animated versions of The Sneetches, The Zax, and Green Eggs and Ham.
Chuck Jones later started his own studio, Chuck Jones Enterprises, where he created several one-shot specials and would periodically work on Looney Tunes-related projects. Jones was nominated for an Academy Award eight times and won three, receiving awards for the cartoons For Scent-imental Reasons, So Much for So Little, and The Dot and the Line. He received an Honorary Academy Award in 1996 for his work in the animation industry. The famous film historian Leonard Maltin praised Jones' work at Warner Bros., MGM, and at Chuck Jones Enterprises. In Jerry Beck's The 50 Greatest Cartoons, ten of the entries were directed by Jones, with four out of the five top cartoons being Chuck Jones shorts.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a television animated special that was originally aired on CBS on December 18, 1966. The film was directed and co-produced by the legendary animator Chuck Jones and was based on the Dr. Seuss book of the same name. The film tells the story of the Grinch trying to take away Christmas from the townsfolk of Whoville. Boris Karloff is the voice of both the Grinch and the Narrator, and June Foray is the voice of Cindy Lou Who.
Undoubtedly one of the standout features of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is the song “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.” The lyrics were written by Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel and the music composed by Albert Hague. The singer was not credited in the film, and it was speculated to be either Boris Karloff or Tennessee Ernie Ford; however, the true singer was publicly credited to be Thurl Ravenscroft. Ravenscroft is perhaps most known as the voice of Tony the Tiger for Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes, but also did extensive voice-over and singing for both Disney films and Disney Park attractions. The soundtrack for How the Grinch Stole Christmas! won the Grammy Award for Best Album for Children in 1968.
The How the Grinch Stole Christmas! special was shown on TV every Christmas season on CBS from 1966 until 1987, and then it was shown multiple times a year on TNT, followed by Cartoon Network. In 2001, WB added it to its own annual screening and then in 2006 ABC took over the airings. NBC acquired the rights in 2015, and its deal with Warner Bros. allows for two broadcasts per season. The continuous television airings, followed by home media and online viewing, have made How the Grinch Stole Christmas! one of the most popular animated films of all time.
Following the success of The Grinch, Chuck Jones reunited with Dr. Seuss to bring another beloved story to life — Horton Hears a Who! This animated television special premiered on CBS on March 19, 1970, with narration by Hans Conried. The film tells the heartwarming story of Horton the Elephant, who discovers a tiny world — Whoville — existing on a speck of dust, and his mission to protect it despite ridicule from others. True to Dr. Seuss’s timeless message, the film champions empathy and moral courage through Horton’s famous line: “A person’s a person, no matter how small.” With Jones’s expressive animation and Seuss’s lyrical storytelling, the special remains a classic example of their creative partnership.
In 1973, Chuck Jones and Dr. Seuss collaborated once more on Dr. Seuss on the Loose, a CBS television special that combined three short animated stories — The Sneetches, The Zax, and Green Eggs and Ham. Narrated by Allan Sherman, the special showcased Seuss’s playful rhymes and moral lessons with Jones’s unmistakable animation style and humor. Each segment delivers a gentle yet powerful message about tolerance, compromise, and open-mindedness. Like The Grinch and Horton, the special became a cherished part of television history, reflecting both creators’ shared belief in kindness, individuality, and imagination.
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This is a spectacular original production animation drawing of the Grinch from the 1966 animated special "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" A great image of an eyes open Grinch with a wonderfully wicked smile, stealing the Whos candy. Included with the drawing is the original Certificate of Authenticity issued by Linda Jones Enterprises; which was founded and run by Chuck Jones's daughter, Linda Jones. This would be a fantastic addition to any animation art collection!
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