The Reluctant Dragon

WALT DISNEY CLASSICS COLLECTION The Reluctant Dragon (early 1990s) original design drawing blue and black pencil on 9" x 12" sheet of paper, image size: 8" x 10.5" including signature This original design drawing of The Reluctant Dragon was created by Disney artist David Pacheco in development of the porcelain animation art sculpture produced by the Walt Disney Classics Collection in 1995. Based on the animated character in Walt Disney's 1941 feature The Reluctant Dragon, the sculpture was released in a numbered, limited edition. Artist David Pacheco signed the sheet at lower right. A Disney animator and artist from 1980, Mr. Pacheco has been creative art director of the Walt Disney Classics Collection since 1989 when the product line went into development.