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2001

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2025

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Concept Art, Monster City, Monsters, Inc., 2001

This is a Concept art. It is dated 2001. Its medium is gouache on board.

In early iterations, various architectural styles were used to build the city of Monstropolis—from medieval turrets to futuristic towers. Some buildings even take anthropomorphic shapes, as Pixar artists incorporated monstrous forms into some structures.

It is credited Courtesy of Pixar Animation Studios, © Disney/Pixar

  • Print, Design for the Ten-Deck House
  • mimeograph print, brush and blue watercolor on white paper.
  • Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program....
  • 1991-53-1

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Its dimensions are

L x W: 8.9 × 4.4 cm (3 1/2 × 1 3/4 in.)

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