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Walt Disney Studios

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Walt Disney Studios
Steamboat Willie, 1928
Mickey Mouse at the helm, original layout for U.S. cinema poster, graphite on paper, unframed
Image -- Mickey: 5x4in. (12.7x10.2cm.)
Sight -- 11x7¾in. (28x19.7cm.)

Provenance

Ex-lot 331, Animation Art, Christie's East, New York, 18th June, 1994

Literature

SMITH, Dave Disney A to Z, The Official Encyclopedia, New York: Hyperion, 1996, p.465

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Steamboat Willie was the first cartoon released by Disney to feature Mickey Mouse, it was also the first cartoon with synchronized sound, and was directed by Walt Disney.
It was released at the Colony Theatre in New York on 18th November, 1928, the date used as the official birthday for Mickey Mouse.
There are no posters known to have survived for this film.

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