Fantasia Original Stat Model Sheet: Centaurettes

Centaurettes

MEDIUM: Original Stat Model Sheet
IMAGE SIZE: 14" x 11"
PRODUCTION: Fantasia, "Pastoral Symphony"
YEAR: 1940
SKU: CCV4295

SPECIAL NOTES: A stamp reading "PLEASE RETURN THIS DRAWING TO PROMOTION DEPT." is visible on the back of this model sheet.

ABOUT THE IMAGE: Fantasia is a 1940 American animated musical anthology film produced and released by Walt Disney Productions, with story direction by Joe Grant and Dick Huemer and production supervision by Walt Disney and Ben Sharpsteen. The third Disney animated feature film, it consists of eight animated segments set to pieces of classical music conducted by Leopold Stokowski, seven of which are performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra. Music critic and composer Deems Taylor acts as the film's Master of Ceremonies who introduces each segment in live action.

This piece is hand-signed in the top right corner by Julian Heinemann, an Art Director at Disney, and shows signs of production wear: wrinkling along edges. The embedded date on this model sheet reads December 13th, 1939.

ABOUT THE MEDIUM: A model sheet is a group of character drawings illustrating different poses and expressions of a cartoon character. Because a number of artists worked on a single cartoon, these sheets were circulated to the animators to give a uniform look and feel to a character throughout a production.