Romero Britto’s Vibrant Red Everglades & A Limited-edtion Looney Tunes’ Bugs Bunny Celluloid Relevant in June of Art Auction by Avenue Auctions

Romero Britto’s Red Everglades, an oil on canvas painting, combines Cubist elements and Britto’s style to headline the upcoming June of Art event at Avenue Auctions. Its vibrant colors, pop imagery, playful patterns, and inventive use of Britto’s signature within his paintings make this piece stand out. Britto’s art embodies the color patterns of the Fauves, the multi-dimensional facets of Cubism, and the references to mass culture of Pop Art. Romero Britto was born in Recife, Brazil in 1963. As a creative yet impoverished child from Brazil, Britto often painted images on scraps of cardboard and newspaper. Today he adds a splash of color to Absolut Vodka’s “Absolut Art” campaign, Apple Computers, Pepsi Cola, IBM, Britto Mini Cooper, FIFA posters, and more.

A limited-edition, special hand-painted celluloid developed to commemorate Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon directors featuring Bedevilled Rabbit Bugs Bunny is another notable lot. This celluloid was issued in 1999 by director Robert McKimson and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. The first Looney Tunes character created by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising for Warner Bros. in the 1920s was Bosko, a cartooned version of a young Black boy who spoke a Southern dialect. This series of cartoons became a landmark in animation history for being the first cartoon to feature synchronized speech and contain animated dialogue. Find the complete catalog for this June of Art sale and register for other online auctions on Bidsquare.