Original hand painted and hand inked production animation cel of Bashful set on an airbrushed wood veneer Courvoisier background from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," 1937, Walt Disney Studios; Size - Bashful: 4 3/4 x 3 1/4", Image 7 x 7", Frame 18 x 17 1/2"; Framed with a gold wood frame, two linen mats, gold wood fillet, and plexiglass.
Development
on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs began in early 1934, and by June
Walt Disney announced to The New York Times the production of his first
feature, to be released under Walt Disney Productions. Before Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs, the Disney studio had been primarily
involved in the production of animated short subjects in the Mickey
Mouse and Silly Symphonies series. However, Disney hoped to expand his
studio's prestige and revenues by moving into features, and he estimated
that Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs could be produced for a budget of
$250,000 (this was ten times the budget of an average Silly Symphony).
Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs was to be the first full-length cel animated
feature in motion picture history, and as such Walt Disney had to fight
to get the film produced. Both his brother and business partner Roy
Disney, as well as his wife Lillian attempted to talk him out of it.
The Hollywood movie industry mockingly referred to the film, while is
was in production, as "Disney's Folly." Disney ended up having to
mortgage his house to help finance the film's production, which would
eventually ran up to a total cost of $1,488,422.74; an absolutely
massive sum for a feature film in 1937!
Although the initial concept designing of the dwarfs was relatively easy for the Walt Disney animation department, the actual animating of them proved to be difficult. The animators, already finding human figures difficult to animate, now had to animate dwarfed human figures. The great Disney animator Vladimir Tytla noted that the dwarfs should walk with a swing to their hips, and Fred Moore commented that they had to move a little more quickly in order to keep up with the other human characters.
Although the initial concept designing of the dwarfs was relatively easy for the Walt Disney animation department, the actual animating of them proved to be difficult. The animators, already finding human figures difficult to animate, now had to animate dwarfed human figures. The great Disney animator Vladimir Tytla noted that the dwarfs should walk with a swing to their hips, and Fred Moore commented that they had to move a little more quickly in order to keep up with the other human characters.
Framed original production animation cel of Bashful.
Bashful
is very shy and coy, and he has a crush on the beautiful Snow White.
His shyness prompts him to blush and he then covers his reddened face
behind his hands and beard; which is often accompanied by giggles.
Various Walt Disney artists were involved with Bashful's concept and
animation throughout the film including: Vladimir Tytl, Fred
Moore, Shamus Culhane, and Les Clark. The film and television actor
Scotty Mattraw provided the voice for Bashful.
This
is an absolutely wonderful original hand painted and hand inked
production cel of Bashful set on an airbrushed (used to create the
shadow and the dwarf name) wood veneer Courvoisier background. The
Courvoisier portrait series from Snow White is highly desired by
collectors for their beauty. Courvoisier Galleries, the first to
recognize the artistic value to the newly emerging animation art form,
in the 1930s and 40s created the series to sell to the public. All the
characters from the film were made for the series including The Seven
Dwarfs, Snow White, The Huntsman, The Old Hag, and The Evil Queen. The
character cels were trimmed and applied to the wood veneer background.
This is a a very nice portrait of Bashful, with his
head tilted, and he is tugging on his white beard.
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