A Guidebook to the Carl Barks Universe (test)

awdfw9502xx Black Gold, Yellow Gold, they keep a guy from getting old [watercolor] (Inducks: Black Gold, Yellow Gold, they keep a guy from getting old)

awdfw9505xx_01 Frequent Flyer (Inducks: Frequent Flyer)

awdfw9505xx_02 food chain (Inducks: Food Chain)

awdfw9507xx Early Version of Money Bin (Inducks: Early Version of Money Bin)

awdfw9512xx Breakfast for Tycoons (Inducks: Breakfast, Scrooge Style)

awdfw9705xx bear mountain theme

awdfw9xu01 untitled Donald Duck watercolor

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CB WAT 1 Invasion of Privacy

(Inducks description: Invasion of Privacy)

Inducks: CB WAT 1
Barks code: [unknown]
Type: watercolor
Creation date: January 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: 1995-01)
Publication date: [unknown] (Inducks publication date: 2000-07)
Issue: [unknown]
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Orientation: portrait
Width: [unknown] inch
Height: [unknown] inch
Inducks description: Scrooge in money bin reading that Beagle Boys have been paroled

Money theme. Money bin interior. Scrooge in money bin reading that Beagle Boys have been paroled. An augur is rising out of his money.

Owners, past and present: Sold to Gifted Images Gallery in New York.

Publications:

Reproduced by Disney.

Correspondence:

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

Questions: Where and when has this material been published?

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

CB WAT 2 Black Gold, Yellow Gold, they keep a guy from getting old [watercolor]

(Inducks description: Black Gold, Yellow Gold, they keep a guy from getting old)

Inducks: CB WAT 2
Barks code: [unknown]
Type: watercolor
Creation date: February 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: 1995-02)
Publication date: 1995, July (Inducks publication date: 1995-12)
Issue: A Tribute to Carl Barks
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Orientation: portrait
Width: [unknown] inch
Height: [unknown] inch
Inducks description: Carrying a bucket of oil and a sack of gold

Scrooge carrying a bucket of oil and sack of gold.

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

Owners, past and present: Owned by Museum of Cartoon Art.

Publications:

A Tribute to Carl Barks (USA): bleached colours; cropped
Black Gold, Yellow Gold, they keep a guy from getting old [lithograph] ([USA?])

Correspondence:

January 30, 1995 letter from Carl Barks to Peter [unknown]
[1999?] [letter?] from Carl Barks to an unidentified fan

Other views:

Larger picture, with larger image area

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

CB WAT 4 Frequent Flyer

(Inducks description: Frequent Flyer)

Inducks: CB WAT 4
Barks code: [unknown]
Type: watercolor
Creation date: May 1995
Art: Carl Barks (Inducks artist: Carl Barks) (Inducks inker: Carl Barks)
Script: [Carl Barks] (Inducks writer: Carl Barks)
Hero: [none?] (Inducks hero: Magica De Spell)
Submission: [unknown] (Inducks submission: 1995-05)
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Orientation: [unknown]
Width: [unknown] inch
Height: [unknown] inch
Inducks description: Magica de Spell on broom

Magica de Spell on broom.

Owners, past and present: Buyer unknown.

Publications:

Unpublished?

Correspondence:

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

Questions: Has this material been published?

Sources

CB WAT 3 food chain

(Inducks description: Food Chain)

Inducks: CB WAT 3
Barks code: [unknown]
Type: watercolor
Creation date: May 1995
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: 1995-05)
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Orientation: landscape
Height: [unknown] inch
Inducks description: Donald being chased by line of animals in Africa

Additional credits: Mentioned by Barks as 4th unnumbered item in a list of his latest work, as part of a [1999?] [letter?] to an unidentified fan.

Donald being chased by line of animals in Africa. Kids atop Land Rover call on their cell phone. "Help! Help! Our uncle is Number Two in a food chain!"

Owners, past and present: Possibly owned by Museum of Cartoon Art.

Surviving material: One preliminary pencil is known to exist. Publications:

Unpublished?

Correspondence:

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

Questions: Has this material been published? Is "Food Chain" the title? Otherwise, could the title be "Help! Help! Our uncle is Number Two in a food chain!"

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

CB WAT 5 Early Version of Money Bin

(Inducks description: Early Version of Money Bin)

Inducks: CB WAT 5
Barks code: [unknown]
Type: watercolor
Creation date: July 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: 1995-07)
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Orientation: [unknown]
Width: [unknown] inch
Height: [unknown] inch
Inducks description: Scrooge pouring gold nuggets into a hollow barrel cactus. His donkey fries pancakes in background

Additional credits: 10 inch x 13 inch.

Money bin variation. Scrooge pouring gold nuggets into a hollow barrel cactus. His donkey fries pancakes in background.

Owners, past and present: Sold to a collector.

Publications:

Unpublished?

Correspondence:

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

Questions: Has this material been published?

Sources

CB WAT 6 Breakfast for Tycoons

(Inducks description: Breakfast, Scrooge Style)

Inducks: CB WAT 6
Barks code: [unknown]
Type: watercolor
Creation date: December 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: 1995-12)
Publication date: [1996?]
Issue: Breakfast for Tycoons [serigraph]
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Orientation: landscape
Width: 14 inch
Height: 11 inch
Inducks description: Scrooge at table frying $-shaped pancakes

Additional credits: Alternate title: «Breakfast, Scrooge Style»

Money theme. Pick theme. Money bin interior. Scrooge at table frying dollar shaped pancakes while a miniature oil device pumps juice from a grapefruit.

Owners, past and present: Sold in an auction.

Surviving material:

Breakfast for Tycoons [preliminary watercolor]: differences in the background.

Publications:

Breakfast for Tycoons [serigraph] (USA)

Correspondence:

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

CB WAT 7 bear mountain theme

(Inducks:

Inducks: CB WAT 7
Barks code: [unknown]
Type: watercolor
Creation date: May 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: 1997-05)
Publication date: 1998 (Inducks publication date: 1998)
Issue: Christmas on Bear Mountain [stamp brochure]
Pages: 1 (Inducks pages: 1)
Orientation: landscape
Width: possibly 12 inch
Height: possibly 6 inch
Inducks description: Uncle Scrooge losing his bear disguise while fleeing from a baby bear
Based on: W OS 178-02 Christmas on Bear Mountain

Uncle Scrooge losing his bear disguise while fleeing from a baby bear. Don and the kids flee out window. Big bear comes through door.

Owners, past and present: Buyer unknown.

Publications:

Christmas on Bear Mountain [stamp brochure] (USA.): Cover. Colour.

Correspondence:

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

Other views:

larger picture: colour

Questions: No title? What is the history behind this watercolor? On the Disney comics Mailing List, it was already mentioned on March 12, 1996, as an oil.