A Guidebook to the Carl Barks Universe (test)

Inducks: CB OIL 138
Barks code: [unknown]
Type: Masonite
Creation date: 1990
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks) (Inducks inker: Carl Barks)
Script: [Carl Barks] (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: [none] (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: [unknown] (Inducks submission: 1990)
Publication date: 1990 (Inducks publication date: 1990-08)
Issue: An Astronomical Predicament [lithograph]
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Orientation: portrait
Width: 20 inch
Height: 25 inch
Based on: W US 29-01 Island in the Sky

Landmark: Barks's only painting with a scene in outer space.

Publications:

An Astronomical Predicament [lithograph] (USA)
Carl Barks Ölgemälde-Kalender 1998 (Germany)

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

CB OIL 139 The Stone That Turns All Metals Gold

(Inducks description: The Stone that Turns All Metals Gold)

Inducks: CB OIL 139
Barks code: [unknown]
Type: Masonite
Creation date: 1991
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks) (Inducks inker: Carl Barks)
Script: [Carl Barks] (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: [none] (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: [unknown] (Inducks submission: 1991)
Publication date: 1991 (Inducks publication date: 2002-11-07)
Issue: The Stone That Turns All Metals Gold [lithograph]
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Orientation: portrait
Width: 20 inch
Height: 25 inch
Based on: W US 10-02 in "The Fabulous Philosopher's Stone"

Publications:

The Stone That Turns All Metals Gold [lithograph] (USA)

Other views:

large picture: colour

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

Flying Dutchman [1991]

(Inducks:

Inducks: ...
Barks code: [72-24?]
Type: Masonite
Creation date: 1991?
Art: Carl Barks
Script: [Carl Barks]
Hero: [none]
Submission: [unknown]
Publication date: 1997, June 3 ?
Issue: Uncle Scrooge McDuck by Carl Barks - Uncle Scrooge Adventures 25 ?
Pages: 1 )
Orientation: landscape
Motif: 3 of 3
Earlier phase: 72-24 Flying Dutchman [72-24]
Based on: W US 25-02 and the Flying Dutchman

Additional credits: Second try of three 1970s paintings with the Flying Dutchman as subject. Barks began this painting in 1972, and finished it in 1991.
Paintings "Flying Dutchman [72-23]" and "Flying Dutchman [72-25]" are the other ones.

Maritime theme.

Backstage: In a July 26, 1972 letter to Donald Ault, Barks explained that he abandoned the second try and started over so only the 1st and the 3rd were completed. This painting was eventually finished together with the other two, before January 1973, but Barks never sold it. Sometimes, thru the years, he went back to it and tinkered with it.

Publications:

Uncle Scrooge McDuck by Carl Barks - Uncle Scrooge Adventures 25 (USA): ?

Correspondence:

July 26, 1972 letter to Donald Ault

Questions: Does the picture show the painting after it was finished? What's the exact source of the picture?

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

CB OIL 140 Mardi Gras Before the Thaw

(Inducks description: Mardi Gras Before the Thaw)

Inducks: CB OIL 140
Barks code: [unknown]
Type: Masonite
Creation date: 1992
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks) (Inducks inker: Carl Barks)
Script: [Carl Barks] (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: [none] (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: [unknown] (Inducks submission: 1992)
Publication date: 1992 (Inducks publication date: 1993)
Issue: Mardi Gras Before the Thaw [lithograph]
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Orientation: landscape
Width: 30 inch
Height: 24 inch

Snow theme. Money bin exterior.

Surviving material:

mardi gras before the thaw [layout of a detail]

Publications:

Mardi Gras Before the Thaw [lithograph] (USA)
Carl Barks Ölgemälde-Kalender 1995 (Germany)

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

CB OIL 141 Rich Finds at Inventory Time

(Inducks description: Rich Finds at Inventory Time)

Inducks: CB OIL 141
Barks code: [unknown]
Type: [oil]
Creation date: 1994
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks) (Inducks inker: Carl Barks)
Script: [Carl Barks] (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: [none] (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: [unknown] (Inducks submission: 1994)
Publication date: 1994, June (Inducks publication date: 1994)
Issue: Rich Finds at Inventory Time [serigraph]
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Orientation: landscape
Width: 34 inch
Height: 28 inch

Money theme. Money bin interior.

Landmark: One of the largest paintings that Carl Barks ever did.

Publications:

Rich Finds at Inventory Time [serigraph] (USA)
Carl Barks Ölgemälde-Kalender 1999 (Germany)

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

CB OIL 142 Surprise Party at Memory Pond

(Inducks description: Surprise Party at Memory Pond)

Inducks: CB OIL 142
Barks code: [unknown]
Type: [oil]
Creation date: 1994
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks) (Inducks inker: Carl Barks)
Script: [Carl Barks] (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: [none] (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: [unknown] (Inducks submission: 1994)
Publication date: 1994, October (Inducks publication date: 1994)
Issue: Surprise Party at Memory Pond [serigraph]
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Orientation: landscape
Width: [unknown] inch
Height: [unknown] inch

Additional credits: Made to celebrate Donald's sixtieth birthday.

Money bin exterior.

Surviving material:

surprise party at memory pond [detailed pencil]

Publications:

Surprise Party at Memory Pond [serigraph] (USA)
Carl Barks Ölgemälde-Kalender 1997 (Germany)

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

CB OIL 143 Happy Hour

(Inducks description: Happy Hour)

Inducks: CB OIL 143
Barks code: [unknown]
Type: Oil
Creation date: March 1995
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks) (Inducks inker: Carl Barks)
Script: [Carl Barks] (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: [none?] (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: [unknown] (Inducks submission: 1995-03)
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Orientation: portrait?
Width: 11 inch
Height: 14 inch
Inducks description: Scrooge in bin tossing money

Additional credits: Mentioned by Barks as item in a list of his latest work, as part of a [1999?] [letter?] to an unidentified fan.

Money theme. Money bin interior. Scrooge in bin tossing money.

Owners, past and present: Sold to a collector.

Correspondence:

[1999?] [letter?] from Carl Barks to an unidentified fan

Congruences:

CB OIL 80 A Binful of Fun: Scrooge tossing his money.

Sources

Wishing Well [1995]

(Inducks:

Inducks: ...
Barks code: [unknown]
Type: canvas
Creation date: 1995
Art: Carl Barks
Script: Carl Barks
Hero: [none]
Submission: [unknown]
Publication date: [1997] (Germany)
Issue: Carl Barks Ölgemälde-Kalender 1998
Pages: 1 )
Orientation: portrait
Width: 16 inch
Height: 20 inch
Motif: 2 of 2
Earlier phase: 71-20 Wishing Well [71-20]
Based on: ye olde wishing well

Additional credits: At the request of owner Steve Geppi, Barks retouched »Wishing Well [71-20]« into this new version. Most noticable are the changes in the background: the trees of the 1971 version were replaced by the industry silhouette and Scrooge's money bin. Also, a horseshoe-shaped halo (or rainbow) was added in the background.

Money bin exterior.

Publications:

Carl Barks Ölgemälde-Kalender 1998 (Germany): Color.

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

CB OIL 144 I Wonder What My Fortune Cookie Says

(Inducks description: I wonder what my fortune cookie says)

Inducks: CB OIL 144
Barks code: [unknown]
Type: Oil
Creation date: January 1996
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks) (Inducks inker: Carl Barks)
Script: [Carl Barks] (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: [none] (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: [unknown] (Inducks submission: 1996-01)
Publication date: 1997 (Inducks publication date: 1999-03-31)
Issue: I Wonder What My Fortune Cookie Says [serigraph]
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Orientation: landscape
Width: 14 (or 20?) inch
Height: 11 (or 16?) inch
Inducks description: Scrooge reading paper out of a fortune cookie delivered by MDS

Additional credits: Mentioned by Barks as 12th unnumbered item in a list of his latest work, as part of a [1999?] [letter?] to an unidentified fan.

Money theme. Money bin interior. Scrooge in money bin reading paper out of a fortune cookie, which with a Chinese dinner has just been delivered by Magica de Spell disguised as a Chinese delivery man.

Backstage: "I just finished a new oil painting of Uncle Scrooge's money bin. It is my first painting featuring Magica De Spell. Magica has delivered Chinese food to Uncle Scrooge in disguise." Mr. Barks explained. "She has a huge firecracker lit [in the food]. As she takes off her disguise, Uncle Scrooge says 'Wonder What My Fortune Cookie Says?,' which is the title of this painting." (1996 Pop Art Time article by Jacquie Kubin) As described in the article, Barks then continued saying that the character Magica is extremely popular in Italy as she lives on Mt. Vesuvius, south of Rome.

Owners, past and present: Evidently owned by one of the former Carl Barks Studio managers.

Surviving material:

i wonder what my fortune cookie says [pencil sketch]
"I Wonder What My Fortune Cookie Says" [colored pencil sketch]

Publications:

I Wonder What My Fortune Cookie Says [serigraph] (USA): colour
Carl Barks Ölgemälde-Kalender 1999 (Germany): colour

Correspondence:

[1999?] [letter?] from Carl Barks to an unidentified fan

Other views:

larger picture: width=425 height=345

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

CB OIL 145 "Merry Christmas!"

(Inducks description: Merry Christmas)

Inducks: CB OIL 145
Barks code: [unknown]
Type: Oil
Creation date: February 1996
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks) (Inducks inker: Carl Barks)
Script: [Carl Barks] (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: [none] (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: [unknown] (Inducks submission: 1996-02)
Publication date: 1996 (Germany) (Inducks publication date: 1997-11-26)
Issue: "Merry Christmas!" [lithograph]
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Orientation: portrait
Width: 11 inch
Height: 14 inch
Inducks description: US sitting in chair
Comic book version: angry in comfortable chair
Based on: W OS 178-02 Christmas on Bear Mountain

Additional credits: Mentioned by Barks as 6th unnumbered item in a list of his latest work, as part of a [1999?] [letter?] to an unidentified fan.
The actual size is said to be 10 inch x 12 inch (instead of 11 inch x 14 inch).

Christmas theme. Money theme. Scrooge in classic pose of his introduction in Christmas on Bear Mountain, holding greenbacks tightly in his hands.

Owners, past and present: Owned by a collector.

Surviving material: angry in comfortable chair [painting pencil rough / cover design] Publications:

"Merry Christmas!" [lithograph] (Germany)

Notes: Dreidreizehn planned to publish the painting in their 2001 calendar, which didn't happen.

Correspondence:

[1999?] [letter?] from Carl Barks to an unidentified fan

Other views:

large picture

Questions: Is »"Merry Christmas!"« really the title of the painting?

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

CB OIL 146 Heat Wave

(Inducks description: Heat Wave)

Inducks: CB OIL 146
Barks code: [unknown]
Type: Oil
Creation date: May 1996
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks) (Inducks inker: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: [none] (Inducks hero: Donald Duck)
Submission: [unknown] (Inducks submission: 1996-05)
Publication date: [1997?] (Inducks publication date: 1999-09-15)
Issue: heat wave [serigraph]
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Orientation: landscape
Width: 16 (or 20?) inch
Height: 12 (or 16?) inch
Inducks description: the ducks on a sandy beach being served by a life-saving Saint Bernard dog
Based on: new heat wave due

Additional credits: Mentioned by Barks as 7th unnumbered item in a list of his latest work, as part of a [1999?] [letter?] to an unidentified fan.
Finishing work initiated in the 1970s. Barks signed 400 serigraphs of the subject, which was © USA Disney, Morby, Grandey.

Scene based on an old cover drawing of the ducks on a sandy beach being served by a life-saving Saint Bernard dog.

Backstage: A colour photo of Barks posing with the painting has been published.

Owners, past and present: Evidently sold to Egmont.

Publications:

heat wave [serigraph] (USA)
Carl Barks Ölgemälde-Kalender 1999 (Germany)

Correspondence:

[1999?] [letter?] from Carl Barks to an unidentified fan

Other views:

large picture: colour

Questions: Is »Heat Wave« really the title of the painting?

Related photo's, of Barks and/or other creators: Carl Barks with Heat Wave painting

CB OIL 147 Eureka! A Goose Egg Nugget

(Inducks description: Eureka! A Goose Egg Nugget)

Inducks: CB OIL 147
Barks code: [unknown]
Type: Oil
Creation date: June 1996
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks) (Inducks inker: Carl Barks)
Script: [Carl Barks] (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: [none] (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: [unknown] (Inducks submission: 1996-06)
Publication date: [1996?] (Inducks publication date: 1997-03)
Issue: EUREKA! A Goose Egg Nugget! [promotional print]
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Orientation: portrait
Width: 11 inch
Height: 14 inch
Inducks description: Scrooge in the Alaska gold rush picking up the "Goose Egg Nugget" from a creek
Figurine version: Eureka
Based on: W OS 456-02 in "Back to the Klondike"

Additional credits: Mentioned by Barks as 8th unnumbered item in a list of his latest work, as part of a [1999?] [letter?] to an unidentified fan.

Klondike theme. Scrooge in the Alaska gold rush picking up the "Goose Egg Nugget" from a creek.

Backstage: Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Alaskan / Yukon Gold Rush and the founding of Scrooge McDuck's immense fortune. The memorable event took place amid the privations and loneliness of Canada's vast Klondike area when the loveable comic book character first unearthed the fabled nugget in 1898. It is also the official painting for the golden anniversary of the first appearance of Uncle Scrooge in 1947.

Owners, past and present: Sold to two collectors, who are trying to get it used for a commemorative gold rush postage stamp.

Publications:

EUREKA! A Goose Egg Nugget! [promotional print] (USA)

Correspondence:

[1999?] [letter?] from Carl Barks to an unidentified fan

Other views:

: Colour (width=407 height=513).

CB OIL 148 Old Castle Secret

(Inducks description: Old Castle Secret)

Inducks: CB OIL 148
Barks code: [unknown]
Type: Oil
Creation date: August 1996
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks) (Inducks inker: Carl Barks)
Script: [Carl Barks] (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: [none] (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: [unknown] (Inducks submission: 1996-08)
Publication date: [1998] (Germany)
Issue: Carl Barks Ölgemälde-Kalender 1999
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Orientation: landscape
Width: 16 (or 20?) inch
Height: 12 (16?) inch
Inducks description: Uncle Scrooge, Donald, and the kids in the old castle in Scotland. A sword held by an invisible hand threatens them
Based on: W OS 189-02 in "The Old Castle's Secret"

Additional credits: Mentioned by Barks as 9th unnumbered item in a list of his latest work, as part of a [1999?] [letter?] to an unidentified fan.

Uncle Scrooge, Donald, and the kids in the old castle in Scotland. A sword held by an invisible hand threatens them.

Owners, past and present: Sold to a collector.

Publications:

Carl Barks Ölgemälde-Kalender 1999 (Germany)

Correspondence:

[1999?] [letter?] from Carl Barks to an unidentified fan

Other views:

large picture: colour

Questions: Is »Old Castle Secret« really the title of the painting?

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CB OIL 149 helicopter and dollar-sign smoke signal

(Inducks description: Scrooge Smokewriting Dollar Signs)

Inducks: CB OIL 149
Barks code: [unknown]
Type: Oil
Creation date: July 1997
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks) (Inducks inker: Carl Barks)
Script: Carl Barks (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: [none] (Inducks hero: Uncle Scrooge)
Submission: [unknown] (Inducks submission: 1997-07)
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Orientation: portrait?
Width: 14 inch
Height: 18 inch
Inducks description: Uncle Scrooge in an American Indian feather headdress smoke-writing $ signs with a blanket
Based on: dollar-sign smoke signal

Additional credits: Mentioned by Barks as 14th unnumbered item in a list of his latest work, as part of a [1999?] [letter?] to an unidentified fan.
No title. The orderer asked for something with a helicopter.

Money theme. Uncle Scrooge in an American Indian feather headdress smoke-writing dollar signs with a blanket. Above him Glomgold in a helicopter sprinkles water on his fire.

Backstage: In a June 14, 1997 interview by Donald and Lynda Ault, Barks has commented on the making of this painting. Detailed information

Owners, past and present: Sold to Hans Gallery, Germany.

Publications:

Unpublished?

Notes: Two preliminary drawings are said to exist. Dreidreizehn planned to publish the painting (with these two preliminaries?) in their 2001 calendar, which didn't happen.

Correspondence:

[1999?] [letter?] from Carl Barks to an unidentified fan

Interviews:

June 14, 1997 interview by Donald and Lynda Ault

Questions: Has this material been published?
Alternatively, the painting is described as Glomgold destroying Scrooge's smoke signs with the propellers of his helicopter. Which description is right? (Or is Flintheart both sprinkling water and using his propellers?)

Sources

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