16 1/2" x 63 1/2" white glazed wood frame with images float mounted on double-paned Tru Vue Conservation Clear glass.
1/1 signed by the artist, accompanied by certificate of authenticity.
Offered at $4,550 USD/$6,230 CDN.
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The three images used to create this piece are derived from the original black and white poster art for the Disney animated black and white classics Two-Gun Mickey (1934) and Shanghaied (1933), two of the thirty-one landmark Disney shorts developed for United Artists between 1932 and 1935 (arguably the peak of Mickey's screen "career"). Interestingly, none of the three images actually appear in the films.
I found these colorized images at two different antique shops (during two different trips) in southern Ontario and loved the period they were from, their vibrant colors and the way they looked together. After looking at how I might configure the images I felt they needed something to "frame" them so I looked at a wide variety of backer cards to mount them on before settling on the ones used, which I felt added to the overall aesthetic while not diverting attention from the images themselves. I then worked to harmonize the images (the cadence in which they appear) in a way which compliments them individually and as a whole, creating a new piece of art from the collective group which I hope helps to bring an appreciation of the art and artists of another era, to a new generation.
The work of the Disney team of animators is rightfully, legendary.
Two Gun Mickey was animated by Leonard Sebring (uncredited), Archie Robin, George Drake, Nick George, Jack Kinney, Wolfgang Reitherman (as Wollie Reitherman), Don Towsley, Ugo D'Orsy, Louie Schmitt, Paul Allen, Earl Hurd, Cy Young, Art Babbit, Ed Love, Ed Smith, Frank Oreb, Fred Moore, Roy Williams, Eric Larson, and Ollie Johnson (assistant animator - as Oliver Johnson). Shanghaied was animated by Norm Ferguson, Dick Lundy, Johnny Cannon, Roy Williams, Hardie Gramatky, Ed Love, Ben Sharpsteen, Clyde Geronimi and Cy Young.
The specific designers/illustrators for the poster art for Two Gun Mickey and Shanghaied upon which this work is based are sadly, unknown, but it is their work which this piece celebrates and honors.
As with all CARD ART Originals, due to the source of the images, the nature of the work and the creative process involved, the piece contains natural imperfections, which ultimately add to the overall aesthetic.
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