Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: An Art in Its Making; signed by 10 Disney artists, 1994

Available for local sale only. Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: An Art in its Making Book Signed by 10 original artists. This book is signed by the following twelve (10!!!!) Walt Disney Studio artists who contributed to the production of the original Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), including some of Disney’s original “Nine Old Men!” Ward Kimball, Animator and one of Walt Disney's Nine Old Men Marc Davis, Animator and one of Walt Disney's Nine Old Men Joe Grant, Character Designer Bill Justice, Animator, Maurice Noble, backgrounds Ken O’Connor, Animator, Layout Linda Witkowski, Author Martin Krause, Author Betty Kimball, Ink & Paint Dept Stephen H. Ison The signatures in this book were obtained as part of a special book signing project produced by Howard Lowery. The signings took place at the Howard Lowery Gallery in Burbank, California or at the artists’ homes. Documentation for the signings is retained in the Gallery’s archival files. About the book, from Booklist: To coincide with Snow White's home-video debut, Disney's book division has published this lavish celebration of the 1937 groundbreaker that verified that audiences would go for feature-length cartoons. Krause provides a critically incisive account of making the film, from its inception through its three years in production to its wildly enthusiastic reception by audiences and critics. Witkowski supplies a detailed, fairly technical explanation of the animation process as well as a guide to the preservation and handling of animation art designed to appeal to serious students of the genre. The heart of the volume is a retelling of the famous story scene-by-scene by means of cel reproductions, pencil drawings, and other production art. Libraries that already own Hollis and Sibley's Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs & the Making of the Classic Film (1987) may find its slimmer treatment adequate; if choosing between the old and new books, however, its more sophisticated text and better selection and reproduction of artwork make Krause-Witkowski clearly superior. First Edition, Clothbound in Dust Jacket. 194 Pages. 9 ¾” x 11”.

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