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(SILLY SYMPHONIES -WATER BABIES.)
Original animation drawing.
Pencil and
color pencils on paper. Image 9
1
/
2
x21 inches. From the Disney short Water Babies (1935), an
installment of the Silly Symphony series. Depicts four babies sounding various horns made of
flowers, three of the figures adorned with similarly styled hats. Adjacent to each of the images are
several pencilled production notes, and across the fold “2nd Cell[uloid]” is indicated below which
is signed “Jean” in the same hand. Some creasing, closed tear along fold, shorter closed tear along
lower margin with areas of loss, four punch holes along lower edge with affixed ring binder tabs.
Not examined out of frame. Np, c. 1935
[700/1,000]
Silly Symphonies was a series of animated short subjects, 75 in total, produced by Walt Disney
Productions from 1929 to 1939, beginning as a sister series to Mickey Mouse. Donald Duck and Pluto
(without Mickey Mouse) made their first appearances in a Silly Symphony short. Disney’s first color
short was a Silly Symphony, and the sophisticated and innovative productions helped the series win
seven Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Cartoons).
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(SILLY SYMPHONIES - WATER BABIES.)
Original animation drawing.
Pencil with
color pencil additions on paper. Sheet 9
1
/
4
x23
3
/
4
inches. From the Disney shortWater Babies (1935),
an installment of the Silly Symphony series. Image depicts a turtle with a garland of aquatic flowers
around its shell. Partially split along fold at middle, six punch holes at upper and lower margins with
two affixed ring binder tabs. Not examined out of frame. Np, c. 1935
[600/900]
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