ORIGINAL WALT DISNEY ANIMATOR JACK KINNEY DRAWING

Description: DISNEY, WALT & KINNEY, JACK. Original Ink & Pencil Drawing Signed by Disney Animation Artist Jack Kinney. 12” x 10 1/2”, circa 1988. Original ink & pencil drawing signed by Disney animation artist Jack Kinney depicting an animator and Disney writer Dick Friel in conversation. The animator is shown sweating and uncomfortable while Friel is wearing a hat and long coat. The text reads, “Dick, how come you’re wearing that heavy camels hair top coat when it’s a 104 degrees?” At which point, we see a drawing of Friel turning is back to his coworker, bending forward, and pulling up the back of his coat to reveal a large hole in the seat of his pants. He is saying, “Here’s how come!” Below the drawing Kinney has written, “Dick Friel was a natty New Yorker (fashion plate (circa 1932).” Dick Friel is best known for the short video Disney’s Halloween Treat, containing memorable scenes from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Lady and the Tramp, Peter Pan, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, and The Sword in the Stone. Includes a signed letter of authenticity. The drawing was created as an illustration for his book Walt Disney and Assorted Other Characters. An Unauthorized Account of the Early Years at Disney (Harmony Books, 1989), however it was not included in the published book. Near fine condition with just a trace of handling. Jack Kinney (1909 - 1992) was hired by Walt Disney in 1931, the early days of the Depression, to work at the Walt Disney Studio on Hyperion Avenue in East Hollywood. His beginning career includes his work on several shorts, including Santa's Workshop (1932), The Band Concert (1935), and Moose Hunters (1937). He went on to become a director of cartoons, working on the features Pinocchio and Dumbo, but he really shined in the shorts department, where his Goofy cartoons are among the best to come out of the Disney Studios. He received five Academy Award nominations and won an Oscar for the 1943 cartoon ‘Der Fuhrer’s Face,’ the only Donald Duck film to win an Academy Award. In 1959, Jack left Disney to start (with his brother Dick) Jack Kinney Productions, an independent animation studio. In his book ‘Walt Disney and Assorted Other Characters. An Unauthorized Account of the Early Years at Disney,’ Kinney recounts the highs and lows of daily life as a member of the creative department at Disney, where the staff referred to themselves as ‘inmates’ and the practical jokes and camaraderie provided rich material for the gags and scenes that they created for the screen. Working for Walt Disney could be as inspiring as it could be frustrating and his book presents an insider’s perspective with great humor and candor. He puts it best in his introduction: “These are my personal recollections of the Disney Studio where I worked for more than a quarter-century. It is the story of the little people, the strivers, the doers. It is about the pranks, the gags, the human foibles we remember so lovingly, and about the growing pains suffered by all involved. The Golden Age of Animation was a glorious experience.”

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