IL PRIMO DONALD DUCK ALL’ASTA (e molto altro)

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Aste forever.
Tavole originali, libri e albi rari, model sheet e rodovetri di disegni animati, oggetti di ogni tipo.

Sembra proprio che le aste siano un business in crescita, in questo periodo, con pezzi importanti messi in vendita al miglior offerente.

Dopo le notorie aste organizzate dalla società torinese Little Nemo di Sergio Pignatone (e delle quali abbiado dato conto anche in questo blog, io e i miei allegri compagni di bisboccia), ecco farsi avanti anche Stefano Bartolomei, tramite la Finarte, casa d’aste specializzata in arte contemporanea.

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The original sheet of animation paper features original lead pencil art of Donald Duck in his first appearance in the 1934 Silly Symphony The Wise Little Hen.

In occasione della seduta d’asta del 20/21 gennaio, Finarte mette in vendita per la prima volta una quarantina di lotti di alto collezionismo costituiti da tavole e illustrazioni per l’editoria a fumetti e popolare. Gli interessati possono visitare il catalogo elettronico nel sito: http//www.finarte.it (lotti 350-368, 569-587),

Chi desideri ricevere il catalogo cartaceo può comunicare il suo indirizzo a info@comics101.it.

Varie meraviglie si “battono” in questo periodo anche nel resto del mondo, come le cards augurali del Little Nemo di Winsor McCay che mostro in questo post.

Ecco cosa riporta on line il gruppo di lavoro del magnate Steve Geppi, distributore e collezionista americano di rilevanza stratosferica: la messa in vendita dei primi disegni di Donald Duck.

Cito, in merito, quanto segue.

The classic tale adapts the fairy tale The Little Red Hen and recounts how the wise little hen teaches the value of hard work to the lazy Donald Duck and Peter Pig (Meo Porcello in Italia). The animated short was directed by Wilfred Jackson and featured animation by Art Babbitt, Dick Huemer and Dick Lundy. The short was released on June 6, 1934, though this art was most likely drawn in December, 1933.

While rough sketches of Donald may have been produced before it, it was this model sheet that finalized Donald’s look for his first on-screen appearance. The model sheet contains eight different, full-body images of Donald as well as a preliminary sketch of his body shape and seven head shots, showing different views and emotions. A full-body image in the upper right hand corner has been pasted over with a new image of Donald as seen from the back. Artist Clyde Geronimi modified Donald’s tail (on the printed version of this sheet), giving it its modern feathery look, as opposed to the plucked bump featured in the other seven full-body drawings of Donald.

Informazioni più dettagliate su questo pezzo d’arte si trovano al sito http://www.hakes.com/, ma per fare un favore a tutti quanti, le copio di seguito:

Item Description

9.5×12″ sheet of animation paper with 4 peg holes along bottom margin and 2 peg holes along top margin as produced. Original lead pencil art of Donald Duck for his first appearance in the 1934 Silly Symphony “The Wise Little Hen.” (…)

This model sheet art finalized Donald’s look for his first appearance on screen. Sheet contains 8 different, full-body images of Donald as well as a preliminary body shape sketch and 7 head shots, showing different views and emotions. Full-body image in upper right-hand corner has paste-over with new image of Donald as seen from the back. (…)

When held to light, one can see prior drawing of Donald with large text reading “Back View.” Bottom right-hand margin has “The Wise Little Hen” text and cartoon serial number “U.S. 20” (United Artists Silly Symphony #20). Sheet has even aging and shows some minor handling wear. Sheet itself is Fine, but art remains Exc. Unique and historically important.

The greatest Donald Duck offering in our 41-year history. (R – $50.000 to $74.999)

Il © di Donald Duck è Disney.

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  • Moerandia |

    Stupende quelle cartoline di Winsor McCay, dovrebbero riprodurle anche ai giorni nostri!
    Saluti.
    G.Moeri

  • Albachiara |

    Interessante quello che si vede nel pezzo di modello di Paperino.
    Se ho ben capito, è una parte del modello visto in trasparenza (ai raggi uva?) e si vede che sotto una pecetta incollata c’era un altro Donald Duck disegnato in un’altra posizione.
    Saluti

  • bonats85 |

    cavolo, altro che aste,
    io è grassa se riesco a permettermi le ristampe

  • bonats85 |

    cavolo, altro che aste,
    io è grassa se riesco a permettermi le ristampe

  • Stefano V. |

    Vedo che siamo tutti poliglotti.
    Allora, dato che non ci sono problemi, ho sottratto questo ricordo di Fellini, che era anche un disegnatore di fumetti e che amava moltissimo l medium, al THE WRITER’S ALMANAC . Spero che non sia troppo off topic, anche se non parla di aste. Riguarda il compleanno di federico, e nel testo qua sotto viene citata anche la striscia di Blondie (con Cico e Pallina).
    Enjoy (oh, che joy!).
    ———————————
    It’s the birthday of filmmaker Federico Fellini, born in Rimini, Italy
    (1920). Fellini was a perfectionist who oversaw all the details of a film’s
    production. He wrote all of his scripts, with help from dialogue writers, and was even
    involved in the final editing of his films. He said he approached making
    movies the way Marco Polo sailed for the Orient — not really knowing what may
    happen along the journey or where the end may lie.
    Fellini spent his early childhood at a strict boarding school run by
    priests. One of the regular punishments was to make a student kneel for half an hour
    on grains of maize. As a treat on Sundays they marched to the beach, where
    they would say prayers while kneeling and looking at the sea. The only thing he
    seemed to be any good at while in school was drawing, and he and his friends
    would frequently miss their classes.
    When he was 12, he ran away and joined a traveling circus, but the police
    eventually found him and brought him back. At 17, he moved to Florence, and
    later to Rome, and he went on to support himself as an actor, a newspaper
    cartoonist, and a radio scriptwriter. He wrote for a serial program about Cico and
    Pallina, the Italian version of “Blondie and Dagwood.”
    Fellini had to move frequently when he first left school because he would
    often have romantic affairs with his landladies, and he’d have to move when they
    ended. Fellini went on to have what he called “the most important year of his
    life” in 1939, when he traveled with his friend, the comedian Aldo Fabrizi,
    all across Italy with a vaudeville troupe.
    Fellini earned a reputation as a good sketch writer, scenery painter, bit
    player, and “company poet.” It was during this trip that Fellini saw his country
    and experienced the variety of what he called its “human landscape.” He said,
    “A different language is a different vision of life.”
    When Fabrizi was offered the lead role in a film comedy, Fellini provided the
    film’s storyline, beginning his film career. He went on to marry Giulietta
    Masina, an actress, after a four-month courtship that began when he became
    intrigued by her voice. She had taken over as the voice of Pallina. She went on to
    star in several of his films. She said of her husband, “The only time Federico
    blushes is when he tells the truth.”
    One of his best-known films is La Dolce Vita (1960). In 1993, he was awarded
    the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement. He had a massive heart attack
    later that year and he died soon afterward of heart and lung failure.
    He said, “All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster’s
    autobiography.”

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