Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979)

DEPATIE-FRELENG STUDIO
Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979)
original production animation character drawings
pencil on untrimmed animation sheet, image size: 5.75" x 9.25"

These original animation character drawings of Bugs Bunny were created by a DePatie-Freleng artist in development of Bugs Bunny as the title character in the animated television special first broadcast on November 27, 1979. Veteran animation director and producer Friz Freleng directed the portion of the show in which Bugs stars with other WB cartoon characters in their own version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. This special was a joint production of DePatie-Freleng, Chuck Jones Enterprises, and Warner Bros. Television. Artist's notations call out details of Bugs' appearance, and the title "Bug's Christmas Carol Costume" is written at right.

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

WALT DISNEY STUDIO Alice in Wonderland (1951)  original production animation drawing red and black pencil on untrimmed animation sheet, image size: 5" x 7.25" This original rough animation drawing of the zany March Hare was created by a Disney animator in development of a scene in Walt Disney's animated feature based on the stories by Lewis Carroll. Woolie Reitherman, one of Walt Disney's master animators known as his Nine Old Men, supervised the animation of this scene in the Mad Tea Party sequence; "Let's change the subject," asserts the March Hare as he brings down a mallet on the head of the Mad Hatter. The animator wrote the designation "40" at lower right to indicate this original's place in the scene; animator's note "eyes closed" is written to the right of the image.

Symphony Hour (1990)

WALT DISNEY CLASSICS COLLECTION
Symphony Hour (1990)
five (5) original design drawings
blue and black pencil and lithographic crayon on four (4) 9" x 12" and one (1) 8" x 6" sheets of paper, image sizes: 5" x 7", 7.25" x 5.5", 4.5" x 5.5", 5.5" x 8.25" and 5.5" x 3.75"

These three (3) original design drawings of Mickey Mouse and one (1) each of Donald Duck and Clarabelle Cow were created by Disney artists in development of porcelain animation art sculptures produced by the Walt Disney Classics Collection in the 1990s. The Symphony Hour set was based on the 1942 cartoon directed by Riley Thomson and released from 1992 to 1996. All of the drawings are nicely finished. Three (3) of the sheets bear "Oct 17 1990 / © Disney" stamp; two (2) have small label(s) on which is written the product number.

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.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

WALT DISNEY STUDIO Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)  original production animation model sheet photostat on paper, dimensions: 11" x 14" + 1" strip at left 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 photostat model sheet titled "Production F1 / 'Snow White' Grumpy Models" was made at the Disney Studio, likely soon after production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It is a second-generation print, made from a photostat for reference and future use; a strip of two punch holes was added at left, and it was kept in a studio binder. "Library of the Walt Disney Studio" is reproduced in the model sheet at top center.

Three Little Wolves (1936)

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Three Little Wolves (1936)
original production animation drawing
red and black pencil on untrimmed animation sheet, image size: 5" x 3"

This original final animation drawing of Fifer and Fiddler Pigs was created by Disney Studio animator Frank Thomas in production of the animated Silly Symphony cartoon directed by Dave Hand, and a cel painting was made directly from it.Frank Thomas, one of Walt Disney's master animators known as his Nine Old Men, was an assistant animator to Fred Moore on this picture; he drew this original and initialed the sheet at lower right. Mr. Thomas signed the art in full below the image at a later date.

The cartoon opens with the Big Bad Wolf lecturing his three unruly sons on the fine art of roasting tender porkers; after they shoot him with their slingshots, two go into a dance while the third pipes "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" That scene fades into Fifer and Fiddler Pigs dancing in a circle while playing the same famous tune on their pipe and fiddle. The animator wrote the studio designation "238” at lower right to indicate this original's place in the scene; handwritten studio notation at upper right identifies the production and scene number: "S-32 - Sc 11 / #200-#238.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

WALT DISNEY STUDIO Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)  original production animation drawing red, green and black pencil on untrimmed animation sheet, image size: 4.75" x 8.25" This outstanding final animation drawing of the Wicked Queen as the Old Witch was created by a Disney Studio animator in production of Walt Disney's first animated feature, and a cel painting was made directly from it. Norm Ferguson, one of Walt Disney's top animators of the 1930s and 1940s, supervised the animation of this scene in which the Witch speaks to Snow White through the window of the kitchen in the Seven Dwarfs' cottage. "It's apple pies that make the men folks mouth water...pies made from apples like these," she remarks, and proffers the poisoned apple. The animator wrote the studio designation “324” at upper and lower right to indicate this original's place in the scene; studio stamp denoting production, sequence and scene numbers appears at lower left.