The New Adventures of Huck Finn (1968)

HANNA-BARBERA STUDIO
The New Adventures of Huck Finn (1968)
two (2) original production animation character drawings
blue and black pencil on two (2) animation sheets, one untrimmed and one trimmed to 12.5" x 8.75", image sizes: 10.25" x 7.25" and 12" x 8.25"

These two (2) original animation character drawings of Hunter were created by a Hanna-Barbera Studio artist in development of the villain in the Hunting the Hunter episode of the television series that was broadcast on 11/24/1968. Hanna-Barbera's 1968-69 show combined live-action film of actors playing Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn with animated characters and backgrounds. Iwao Takamoto and Alex Toth were credited with Character Design, and the look of the villains, usually incarnations of Injun Joe from the original story by Mark Twain, owed much to the styling brought to the studio by comic artist Alex Toth in the 1960s. The artist annotated one of the sheets with the character's name and studio production number: "Hunter 30-11". Our certificate of authenticity is included.

Cinderella (1950)

WALT DISNEY STUDIO
Cinderella (1950) 
original production animation drawing
red, brown and black pencil on untrimmed animation sheet, image size: 6" x 2.5"

This lovely original rough animation drawing of Cinderella was created by Disney animator Eric Larson in development of a scene in the animated feature. It is an animator's extreme drawing, with two grids drawn at right, by supervising animator Eric Larson. In the scene in Lady Tremaine's bed chamber, the wicked stepmother scolds Cinderella after Gus has been discovered hiding under a teacup: "It seems we have time on our hands." Cinderella responds: "But I was only trying to..." The brown pencil underdrawing is a fine complement to the final rendering in black pencil. The animator wrote the designation "31" at lower right to indicate this original's place in the scene

Hyperion Studio

WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS Hyperion Studio

photographic print on single-weight paper, 10.5" x 12.75" image on 11" x 13.75" sheet

This is a matte-finish, black-and-white aerial photograph taken in 1938 of the original Walt Disney Studio located at the intersection of Griffith Park Blvd. and Hyperion Ave. in Hollywood. It was printed at Disney at an unknown date. The buildings are identified in the print and in some cases the date they were built and/or occupied is noted. Named are Walt Disney's office, Animation (1931, 1934 and 1937), Roy's Office, Sound Stage (1931), Ink & Paint, Process Lab, Publicity & Comic Strip (1935), Story Dept. (1938), and others.

Lady and the Tramp

WALT DISNEY STUDIO
Lady and the Tramp (1955)

original production animation layout drawing
green, red and blue pencil on 12.5" x 30" animation sheet, image size: 12" x 22"

This original animation background layout drawing of the general store where Aunt Sarah takes Lady to obtain a leash and muzzle was created by a Disney Studio artist in development of scene 72 of sequence 04.1 of Walt Disney's CinemaScope animated feature. In this scene the muzzled Lady dashes through the store, toppling a bird cage on her way to the exit; in the following scenes she is rescued by Tramp and their adventure begins. Taped to the left edge is the studio's layout sheet with production information filled in. "Prod. #2079 Seq. 04.1 Sc. 75" is handwritten in the left margin; camera notes appear along the bottom; and "Corrected" with date stamp of "Aug 27 1954" appears at lower right.

101 Dalmatians

WALT DISNEY STUDIO
101 Dalmatians (1961) 

original production animation color model drawing
red, blue, purple, green, brown and black pencil on untrimmed animation sheet, image size: 5" x 10.25"
This handsome original animation color model drawing of Roger Radcliffe, Pongo's master, was created by a Disney Studio artist during production of the animated feature. It was designed and annotated for use within the Studio's Ink-and-Paint Department in painting cels of Roger for a scene during the walk with Pongo in the park in which they meet Anita and Perdita. Color designations for cels and other notes are written on the sheet; "2110-007-9" at upper right and annotated production number stamp identify the film and scene. Our certificate of authenticity is included.

Treasure Planet

WALT DISNEY STUDIO
Treasure Planet (2002) 
original production animation character drawing
pencil on untrimmed animation sheet, image size: 11.75" x 15"

This animation design drawing of the fearsome Captain Nathaniel Flint was created by Disney artist John Pomeroy in development of the character in the animated feature. John Pomeroy was the supervising animator of the legendary Captain Flint and his pirate crew, and his work was instrumental in the design of the characters. John Pomeroy signed his original drawing at right. Our certificate of authenticity is included.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

WALT DISNEY STUDIO
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 
original production animation drawing
red and black pencil on untrimmed animation sheet, image size: 4.75" x 5"

This expressive rough animation drawing of Doc, leader of the Seven Dwarfs, was created by a Disney animator in development of a scene in Walt Disney's first animated feature. It is likely from a scene in the Dwarfs bedroom during which the Dwarfs' become acquainted with Snow White. Fred Moore animated Doc in the scene in which he responds to the princess' correctly guessing his name, and his assistant was Frank Thomas. The animator wrote the designation "13" at lower right to indicate this original's place in the scene. Our certificate of authenticity is included.

Dumbo (1941)

WALT DISNEY STUDIODumbo (1941)

original production animation drawing
red, green and black pencil on untrimmed animation sheet, image size: 4" x 3.25"

This charming final animation drawing of baby Dumbo in his bath was created by a Disney Studio animator in production of the animated feature, and a cel painting was made directly from it. It is from a scene supervised by Vladimir Tytla, one of the greatest animators of the 1930s and 1940s whose work at Disney was the most admired among his fellow animators.

Michael Sporn wrote of the scenes of baby Dumbo being washed by his mother at his website, www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1290: "I think this sequence, on film, is one of the greatest ever animated. There’s a sweet tenderness and an obviously close relationship between baby Dumbo and his mother which is built on the back of this sequence. It not only establishes both characters solidly, without words, but it sets up the mood of everything that will soon happen to the pair during the remaining 45 minutes of the film. Without that established bond, the audience wouldn’t feel so deeply for the pair during the “Baby Mine” song or care so much about Dumbo’s predicament."

The animator wrote the studio designation “3” at lower right to indicate this original's place in the scene. Our certificate of authenticity is included.