Les Clark was the first of the "Nine Old Men" to join the Walt Disney Company in 1927. Mr. Clark with UB Iwerks, was the main animator of Mickey Mouse and worked at the studio until 1975. He animated almost all the early Mickey shorts and many feature films including Fantasia, Cinderella, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp and Alice and Wonderland. His early animation drawings are rare and represent an important aspect of the true art of animation.
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SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, 1937
Dopey and Sleepy, a rough layout drawing, graphite and color pencil on paper, with F1, SEQ 8A, Sc 25 inscribed in the lower left corner and RETURN PROMPTLY TO UNIT-C B G CELL INKED-DATE stamped in the lower right corner, unframed.
Image: Dopey: 5 in. and Sleepy: 5½ in.
Sight: 9½ x 12 in.
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, 1937
Dopey and Sleepy, a rough layout drawing, graphite and color pencil on paper, with F1, SEQ 8A, Sc 25 inscribed in the lower left corner and RETURN PROMPTLY TO UNIT-C B G CELL INKED-DATE stamped in the lower right corner, unframed.
Image: Dopey: 5 in. and Sleepy: 5½ in.
Sight: 9½ x 12 in.
Provenance
From the private collecion of Les Clark