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🔥 Vintage Retro 1990s SIMPSONS Bart Simpson Modern Pop Art Painting, HUGE:
$1350.00
This is a very cool and unusualVintage Retro 1990s SIMPSONS Bart Simpson Modern Pop Art Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, depicting an early version of Bart Simpson, wearing a blue t-shirt. Bart wore a blue shirt in some episodes of the Tracy Ullman Show shorts, and was depicted wearing a blue shirt in early promotional material and merchandise for The Simpsons in the early 1990's, but never actually wore a blue shirt in the first season (1990), or any seasons afterward. The reason behind the blue shirt is unknown, but some theories suggest that it may have been an effort by Fox to thwart counterfeiting, (a detailed explanation of this topic is included below.) This artwork depicts a perplexed or surprised Bart throwing his hands in the air and looking away from the viewer's gaze. This piece is not signed; however, it was acquired from a storage locker that included many early 90's promotional items from Fox and other television studios. Perhaps you recognize the artist or their work? Good condition for over three decades of age and storage, with mild edge wear, speckles of soiling, several small dimples to the canvas, and a few light scuffs throughout (please see photos carefully.) This is a large and impressive painting, at approximately 36 x 48 inches (four feet!) Due to the large size and weight of this piece, S&H costs will be unavoidably high. However, Free Local Pickup from Los Angeles County, California is also an option. This awesome Simpsons Pop Art painting would be the centerpiece of any collection. Acquired in Los Angeles County, California. If you like what you see, I encourage you to make an Offer. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks!About this Item:
The Real Reason for Bart Simpson's Blue Shirt
Ever wondered why Simpsons merch always had Bart in blue?
The Simpsons is probably the most recognizable and popular animated TV show of all time. Everyone knows what Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie and the rest of Springfield look like even with just a silhouette to go off, with each character possessing their own unique outfit and shape that makes them instantly stand out.
But things haven't always been consistent. Animation errors and other such changes have led to characters fluctuating in appearance over the course of the show, with Smithers having initially been animated with black skin, and Moe originally having some dark, curly locks, as opposed to the grey head of hair fans have grown accustomed to over the years.
Of these assorted inconsistencies though, there is one that stands out: Bart's INFAMOUS - nay, NOTORIOUS! - blue shirt.
Although always depicted wearing an orange shirt on the show, throughout the nineties and early noughties, merchandise for Bart almost always depicted him wearing blue. Toys, comics, video games - you name it. If Bart was in it, he was wearing blue, and it's something that's confused Simpsons fans ever since.
Both The Simpsons itself and Futurama have even paid reference to Bart's blue garb, with Homer mistakenly believing Bart wears blue in Season 12's Pokey Mom episode, and Bender taking a bite of a blue shirted Bart doll in A Big Piece of Garbage, which aired during Futurama's first season.
So what's the deal really? Why did Bart wear blue in Simpsons-related media and merchandise, but never in the show itself?
One of the longest running rumours amongst Simpsons fans was that Bart was depicted with a blue shirt in merchandise to ward off bootleggers, or at least to make it easier to spot fake Simpsons merch. If Bart was wearing anything but blue, then Fox would know - ostensibly - that something was up. The lack of a definitive answer from the showrunners has meant that other theories have cropped up too, with some speculating that, at the height of Bartmania, the character was given a blue shirt to further distinguish him from his siblings Lisa and Maggie.
Both theories have always seemed a little tenuous though, and, as with black Smithers and dark-haired Moe, the real answer is probably a lot less exciting.
As per YouTube channel Rebel Taxi, before The Simpsons fully aired, Fox was supposedly desperate for merchandise. Like the aforementioned mistakes, early designs were sent off to studios and merchandising companies and they eventually made it into finished animation and related media. Blue shirt Bart was one of the earliest images of the character, dating all the way back to The Simpsons' days on the Tracey Ullman show, which resulted in most of his merch featuring a blue shirt. However, that doesn't necessarily explain why these companies persisted with the design throughout the nineties, by which point there was no mistaking that Bart always wore orange.
Seriously, Blue shirt Bart waseverywhere. He was in toys, video games and even in the treasured episode guides that released towards the end of the nineties. One in particular, 'A Complete Guide to our Favourite Family', was published in 1997 and blue shirt Bart is right there, slap-bang in the middle of the family, taunting us all with his continued existence.
Weirdly, blue shirt Bart was eventually retired, but it would take years for it to happen. He made frequent appearances in the beloved Simpsons comic from Bongo which finally came to a close in 2018. But, other than that, blue shirt Bart has all but faded from existence, exiting the spotlight with about the same amount of explanation and fanfare that accompanied his introduction all those years ago.
Given the blue shirt was a consequence of Fox's rush to get Simpsons merchandise out the door, it seems so odd that it became a staple in and of itself. Of course there was merchandise of Bart sporting his traditional orange top, but it's still weird how his blue counterpart kept going way past the point everyone would've known it was a mistake.
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