Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs
released 21 December 1937
Snow White blows a kiss to Grumpy as the dwarfs leave for work
a clean-up drawing original animation by Bill Tytla
(Illusion of Life)
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to see the movie frame
matched pair of Happy and Dopey
simulated paste-up
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to see the movie frame
animation drawing by Norm Ferguson
(Illusion of Life)
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to see the movie frame
This drawing worried me as, when it arrived, on a trimmed sheet of animation paper
without registration holes, the watermark of 'Hammermill Management Bond' was running vertically, instead of horizontally as on all my other drawings of this
era. I posted a query and got this reply from Steve Worth of Vintage Ink and Paint.
"All you have to do is compare that drawing to the two other
ones on that page, and you can tell for yourself that the
"Culhane Snow White" is definitely not production art. It
may very well have been drawn by Culhane though. I have seen
quite a few signed sketches on management bond that he
apparently drew many, many years after the fact. These
recent Culhane sketches have very little value, but some
less knowledgeable galleries authenticate them as production
simply because of the signature and the paper."
Please visit Vintage Ink and Paint for more information on animation art
Vintage Ink and Paint
rough concept for cottage door - hinges changed later
a fellow collector who particularly likes Snow White (and how!) has posted
all of his collection which ranges far and wide, visit Hans Walther at
Hans Walther's Collection
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lobby cards and vintage soundtrack recordings (in original sleeves) are
available in the BARGAIN BASEMENT
