Details
Walt Disney Studios
Pinocchio, 1940
An original concept painting by Gustaf Tenggren of Pinocchio trapped in a birdcage with the shadows of other marionettes hanging by their strings, black ink and watercolour on heavyweight paper, inscribed Pinocchio to upper left corner in watercolour in an unknown hand; accompanied by a document concerning the provenance
10x13½in. (25x34cm.) (2)
Literature
Canemaker, John Before the Animation Begins: The Art and Lives of Disney Inspirational Sketch Artists, Hyperion, New York, 1996, p.48 Allan Robin, Disney's European Sources p.127-128 in Girveau, Bruno, ed. Once Upon A Time Walt Disney: the Sources of Inspiration for the Disney Studios, Prestel Verlag, London, 2006
Lambert, Pierre L'Âge d'Or de Walt Disney, Démons Et Merveilles, Paris, 2006, p.98
Exhibited
Once Upon a Time Walt Disney, Grand Palais, Paris, September 16, 2006 - January 15, 2007
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, March 8 - June 24, 2007
Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstifung, Munich, September 19, 2008 - January 25, 2009
Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, February 25 - May 31, 2009