Disney cel Snow White ALL SEVEN DWARFS Signed Frank Thomas Ollie 1996

Hand signed by two Disney. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs "Time to Wash Up" Limited Edition Sericel. By 2 of Disney's " Nine Old Men ".

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs "Time to Wash Up" Limited Edition Sericel (The Walt Disney Company). This sericel depicts characters from Walt Disney's first feature-length animated film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". Snow White makes the seven dwarfs line up for a pre-supper "dirty hands inspection" which, sadly, they fail.

"Time to Wash Up" recreates Sequence 5B, Scenes 13B and 16 from Disney's classic animated feature. Walt Disney artists, working from the original animation drawings, translated these images to a hand-inked and hand-painted cel, which was used in the production of this sericel. Limited to an edition of 5,000, this sericel has an image area measuring 26" x 7.5". The condition is Excellent, and this lot also includes a certificate of authenticity.

In addition it has been signed by 2 of the main character animators on the film. Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. Have both passed away, so this piece is even more of a treasure. Museum Quality Archival Matting that will last forever.

Also comes with the original Disney Certificate of Authenticity and a Second COA for the autographs. This piece is Complete and Ready to hang!

Ollie Johnston's first major assignment for the Disney company was Pinocchio. Other famous character work includes the centaurettes in Fantasia (1940), Thumper in Bambi (1940), Mr. Smee in Peter Pan (1953), the three good fairies in Sleeping Beauty (1959), Mowgli and Baloo in "The Bare Necessities" sequence of The Jungle Book (1967) and Orville the albatross in The Rescuers (1977). Johnston was given the Disney Legend Award in 1989.

This award was created by Roy E. Disney to honor individuals whose body of work has made a significant impact on the Disney entertainment legacy. Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston have co-authored four books about Disney animation and art. Disney Animation: Illusion of Life (1981) is considered a textbook of the art of Disney animation. Too Funny for Words (1987) covers the art of the physical gag in animation.

Walt Disney's Bambi: The Story and the Film (1990) is a record of the making of the classic feature, and The Disney Villain (1994) is the decisive study of animated menace. Ollie passed away on April 14, 2008, thank you is all I can say.

Frank Thomas has had a long and distinguished career with Disney. He is credited with animating Thumper and Bambi on the ice in Bambi (1942), Lady and Tramp eating a romantic spaghetti dinner in Lady and the Tramp (1954), and Mad Madam Mim in the Sword in the Stone (1963). Thomas was given the Disney Legend Award in 1989. Frank Thomas is a native Californian.

During World War II he was head of an Air Force Animation Unit, and from 1946 to 1966, in his spare time, was the piano player for the famous Dixieland Jazz group, The Firehouse Five plus Two. He lives in California with his wife of forty-seven years, Jeanette. They have four children and three grandchildren. Passed away Sept 8, 2004 We'll miss you.