The Fox and the Hound (1981)

WALT DISNEY STUDIO
The Fox and the Hound (1981) 
two (2) original production animation drawings
blue and black pencil on two (2) untrimmed animation sheets, image size: 10.5" x 12" and 5" x 3.25"

These two (2) polished rough animation drawings of main characters Tod and Copper were created by studio animators in development of scenes in Disney's 1981 animated feature. The animator wrote the designations "19" and "1" at lower right to indicate each original's place in the scene.

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

WALT DISNEY STUDIO Alice in Wonderland (1951)  original production animation drawing pencil on untrimmed animation sheet, image size: 4.25" x 5" This original rough animation drawing of Alice was created by a Disney animator in development of a scene in the animated feature based on the tales of Lewis Carroll. The art was created for a scene in which Alice, lying prone on the ground with the three cards with whom she has been painting the roses red, raises her head to watch the cards march past. Veteran Disney animator Hal Ambro animated Alice in these scenes, and this is undoubtedly one of this drawings. The animator wrote the designation "9" at lower right to indicate this original's place in the scene

Make Mine Music (1946)

WALT DISNEY STUDIO
Make Mine Music (1946) 
original production animation character drawing
red and black pencil on 10" x 12" animation sheet, image size: 9.25" x 7"

This original animation character drawing of Grace Martin was created by a Disney artist in development of a scene in The Martins and the Coys segment of the animated feature. Grace is the comely and headstrong lass who wins the heart of Henry Coy, after which the two marry and "fight worse than all the rest" and "carry on the feud just like before"...much to the amusement of the ghostly Martins and Coys who went before them.

Mickey in Arabia (1932)

WALT DISNEY STUDIO Mickey in Arabia (1932) original production animation drawing red and black pencil on untrimmed animation sheet, image size: 5.5" x 5" This original final animation drawing of Mickey Mouse and Minnie's camel was created by a Disney Studio animator in production of the animated cartoon directed by Wilfred Jackson, and a cel painting was made directly from it. The camel is seen as he spies a barrel of beer, which he promptly drains. The animator wrote the studio designation “97” at lower right and "Sc #10" at lower left to indicate this original's place in the film. Additional studio notes are written on the sheet

The Gorilla Hunt (1939

COLUMBIA STUDIO
The Gorilla Hunt (1939
five (5) original production animation drawings
red and black pencil on five (5) untrimmed animation sheets, image size: 3" x 1.75", 6.57" x 12", 5.75" x 5.5", 4.5" x 4", 8" x 9.75"

These five (5) original final animation drawings of the hapless hunters, a gorilla, and a monkey were created by a Columbia Studio animator in production of the animated Color Rhapsodies cartoon directed by Ub Iwerks, and cel paintings were made directly from them. Iwerks operated his own animation studio from 1931 to 1936, making the Flip the Frog, Willie Whopperand Comicolor cartoons. After the studio closed he directed cartoons for Columbia before returning to the Disney Studio in the 1940s.The animator wrote the studio designations “24”, 12", "27", "130" and "81" at upper or lower right corner to indicate each original's place in the scene

Pinocchio (1940)

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Pinocchio (1940) 
original production animation model sheet
photostat on paper, dimensions: 11" x 14"

Since the early 1930s the Disney Studio has produced model sheets of its animated characters and/or atmosphere and concept art for circulation among artists and animators working in production of an animated film. Before the 1970s they were reproduced by a photostatic or printing process. They were made when a character or setting was in development and to help animators maintain a consistent look to the character throughout the film. This photostatically reproduced model sheet titled "Revised Coachman Model Pinocchio F-3" was made at the Disney Studio during production of Pinocchio, and it was issued to animators "1-30-39" for use in drawing the evil Coachman, who escorts wayward boys to the Pleasure Island ferry and delivers donkeys to work the mines

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

WALT DISNEY STUDIO Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)  original production animation drawing red and black pencil on untrimmed animation sheet, image size: 2.75" x 4" This original rough animation drawing of Grumpy 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 deleted bed-building sequence, several scenes of which went through rough animation before the decision was made to edit the sequence from the film. In this sequence the Seven Dwarfs design and build a bid for Snow White; it was determined during production that it and the soup-eating sequence slowed down the progress of the story. The animator wrote the designation "318" at lower right to indicate this original's place in the scene.