Two Original Ink & Pencil Drawings Signed by Disney Animation Artist Jack Kinney - One Depicting a Successful Day and the Other a Rotten Day for Him at the Disney Studios

[DISNEY, WALT]. KINNEY, JACK

Published by 12 1/2Ó x 10 1/2Ó (each) c. 1988

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Two original ink & pencil drawings signed by Disney animation artist Jack Kinney, one depicting a successful day and the other a rotten day for him at the Disney Studios. With a printed authentication certificate from Cartoons & Comics of Burbank, CA hand-signed by Howard Lowery, the internationally known Walt Disney and cartoon art expert, authenticating the drawing as Òan original work of art by the distinguished Walt Disney animator and director Jack Kinney. They were created as illustrations for his book ÔWalt Disney and Assorted Other Characters. An Unauthorized Account of the Early Years at DisneyÕ (Harmony Books, 1989).Ó These drawings did not appear in the final published version of the book. Kinney has captioned the successful day as ÒIn the CloudsÓ with a note, ÒThere would be the ups as well as the downs.Ó This drawing shows Kinney sitting at his desk with a big smile on his face as various colleagues surround him bearing gifts & a wheel barrow full of money. The other drawing is captioned ÒOr in the DumpsÓ and shows Kinney getting kicked out of a back door and falling into a landfill with a sign reading ÒDumpÓ next to it. Both drawings are in fine condition. 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 ÔDer FuhrerÕs Face,Õ 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 ÔWalt Disney and Assorted Other Characters. An Unauthorized Account of the Early Years at Disney,Õ 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 ÔinmatesÕ 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 insiderÕs perspective with great humor and candor. He puts it best in his introduction: ÒThese 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.Ó The pair: Seller Inventory # 19085E

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Title: Two Original Ink & Pencil Drawings Signed by...

Publisher: 12 1/2Ó x 10 1/2Ó (each) c. 1988