Walt Disney's FANTASIA Book Signed by 11 Original Artists from 1940 w/ COA

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Walt Disney's FANTASIA Book
Signed by 11 original artists w/ CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
This book is signed by the following ELEVEN (11!!!) Walt Disney Studio artists who contributed to the production of the original FANTASIA (1940)!
Ollie Johnston, supervising animator
Bill Justice, animator
Ray Patterson, animator
Joe Grant, story direction
Thor Putnam, art director
Ward Kimball, supervising animator
Don Lusk, animator
J. Gordon Legg, art director
Al Dempster backgrounds
Berny Wolf, animator and
Stan Spohn, backgrounds
A Howard Lowery Certificate of Authenticity verifying the legitimacy of the signatures is included, signed and dated June15, 2005.
The signatures in this book were obtained as part of a special book signing project produced by Howard Lowery. The signings took place at the Howard Lowery Gallery in Burbank, California or at the artists’ homes. Documentation for the signings is retained in the Gallery’s archival files.
About the book
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Author John Culhane’s handsome out-of-print book is one of the finest studies of the creation of a single Disney animated feature. Culhane’s exhaustive research in the Walt Disney Archives focused on the story and idea meetings Walt Disney held with Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, and his studio's filmmakers to consider, select, and visualize the musical compositions to animate for the screen. Each section of the film is described in a separate chapter that provides fascinating insights into the challenges presented and how Disney and his talented artists and engineers mastered them.
1987 Reprint Edition, Hardcover in Dust Jacket. 223 Pages. 9 1/2” x 12”.
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Author: John Culhane
This item appears to be in excellent condition. We purchased this item in 2005 directly from Disney Auctions and stored it for the last 15+ years in its original plastic covering in our smoke-free home. It has never been displayed, used, read, etc. We only took it out of the plastic covering and slipcase to take photos of the item.
This listing includes;
The Book, in protective plastic covering
Howard Lowery Gallery Certificate of Authenticity (For the artist signatures)
This item is being sold “as-is” and will be shipped via USPS, Insured in the USA. Please contact us should you have any questions.