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KEN DUNCAN (1954-) Aladdin: Jafar. Animation rough drawing, 1992. Colored pencil on paper. 12 1/2 x 17 inches.
This a very expressive animator's rough key drawing of the villainous sorcerer Jafar from the classic Disney animated feature Aladdin.
As confirmed by the artist himself, this is the work of Ken Duncan, who animated characters for many beloved Disney (and other studios') films including: Belle in Beauty and the Beast (1991), Jafar in Aladdin (1992); Meg in Hercules (1998), Jane in Tarzan (1999); more recently for Mary Poppins Returns at Duncan Studio, as well as the 1980s Don Bluth classics The Land Before Time and All Dogs Go To Heaven (1989).
The piece is rendered on large 16 field (approx 16 in wide by 12.5 in high) Disney animation paper, and includes an animator's timing chart (which refers to this frame #100) and dialogue note "U".
This piece corresponds to the scene around 42 minutes into the film (Sequence 12, Scene 12 per the notations on the drawing), where an exasperated Iago tells Jafar "To think we've gotta keep kissing up to that chump [the sultan] and his chump daughter for the rest of our lives..." To which Jafar replies (as he leans over a balcony looking down on Jasmine and the sultan): "No, Iago...Only until she finds that chump husband. Then she'll have us banished - or beheaded!"
Rough drawings represent a phase of pure creativity in the animation process, and this image perfectly expresses Jafar's personality.
