Original hand painted production animation cels of Christopher Robin and Kanga used during the production of "Winnie the Pooh And The Honey Tree," 1966; Walt Disney Studios; Set on a lithographic background; With original Walt Disney Art Corner label sticker verso; Size - Christopher Robin & Kanga: 6 1/4 x 7", Image 9 3/4 x 12"; Unframed.
"The
Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh," 1977 was composed of a series of
featurettes Disney produced based upon the Winnie-the-Pooh books by A.
A. Milne. Walt Disney wanted to introduce the public to the Pooh
characters slowly over time and the released featurettes include,
"Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree," 1966, "Winnie the Pooh and the
Blustery Day." 1968, and "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too," 1974. For the
full length film in 1977, extra material was added and used to link the
three featurettes together. A fourth, shorter featurette was added at
the end of the film and was based on the final chapter of "The House at
Pooh Corner."
Original production animation cels of Christopher Robin and Kanga showing all four edges.
Wolfgang
Reitherman began working for Walt Disney in 1934, along with future
Disney legends Ward Kimball and Milt Kahl. The three worked together on a
number of early classic Disney shorts and Reitherman worked on Disney
feature films produced from 1937 to 1981, including "Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs" (animating the Slave in the Magic Mirror) up to "The Fox
and the Hound," where he served as the co-producer for the film.
Beginning with 1961's "One Hundred and One Dalmatians," "Woolie" (as he
was called by friends) served as Disney's chief animation director.
One
of Reitherman's productions, the 1968 short "Winnie the Pooh and the
Blustery Day," won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. In
addition, all three of Reitherman's sons — Bruce, Richard, and Robert
provided voices for Disney characters. Bruce Reitherman was the voice
for Christopher Robin in "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree," and the
character was animated by Mark Henn.
Back of the cels showing the Walt Disney Art Corner label.
Close up of the Walt Disney Art Corner label.
This
is a wonderful pair of cels featuring Christopher Robin playing his drum and a great image of Kanga, both from "Winnie the Pooh and
the Honey Tree," 1966. Both cels appear in the scene when Christopher Robin and Kanga arrive at
Rabbit's hole to find Pooh (who had become stuck in it due to
overeating) was finally able to be budged by Rabbit. Christopher Robin
while playing a drum and accompanied by Kanga, Roo, Eeyore, Owl, and
Gopher arrive and begin to pull Pooh out of the hole; all the while
singing the "Mind Over Matter" song. The song was written by Robert and
Richard Sherman, who had written most of the music for the
Winnie-the-Pooh franchise over the years. As Christopher Robin and his
animal friends are pulling Pooh from one side of the hole; Rabbit is
pushing him from the other, and eventually Pooh is catapulted out of the
hole and into the top of a nearby honey tree.
These are wonderful full figure images of Christopher Robin playing his drum
and Kanga that were both used in the first Pooh featurette "Winnie the Pooh and
the Honey Tree," 1966.
Christopher Robin, despite being the main character and owner of all the
stuffed animals in the Pooh world, is a rare character to find in
original animation artwork. He was in very few scenes and the majority
of the Winnie the Pooh artwork in the market is either of the animal
characters or is from features that were created in the 1980s or 1990s. In addition, Kanga is also rare to market from this early time period; and this is a fantastic full figure and eyes open image of her in a great action pose. A great early Walt Disney Art Corner setup, that is a wonderful addition to any animation art collection!
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