[Disney, Walt. (1901-1966)]

"Fantasia" - Original "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" Storyboard Drawing

1940 color storyboard sketch of Mickey Mouse dressed as the Sorcerer's Apprentice, from his most famous role in the most famous sequence of Disney's ground-breaking feature. Rendered in mixed media on paper, the work has an image area of 7.25" x 5.25". The number 58 affixed upper left corner, studio stamp on the verso with notations in pencil ("Concert Feature...Seq. No. 1...Sketch No. 135....Filed...Date...Oct 3..."). Some paper aging and light soiling (outside of the image area), otherwise fine.

The innovative "Fantasia" animated film is a series of eight animated musical sequences, including abstract images set to J.S. Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor"; Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite" ballet; Paul Dukas's "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" with Mickey Mouse; dinosaurs & volcanoes in Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring"; Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony"; "Dance of the Hours" by Ponchielli with delightful dancing hippos, crocodiles, ostriches & elephants; and Mussorgsky's darkly apocalyptic "Night On Bald Mountain" which morphs into "Ave Maria" in the rain. In his introduction to the published book, Disney wrote that 'In a profession that has been an unending voyage of discovery in the realms of color, sound, and motion, Fantasia represents our most exciting adventure. At last, we have found a way to use in our medium the great music of all times and the flood of new ideas which it inspires.' (8793)

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