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(83) Snow White holding a bird, 1937.
Animation cel on acetate and paper with black ink and acrylic paints.
Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature
Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-ppmsc-02838 (83)
This entrancing animation cel portrays Snow White, who has captured the hearts of generations of Americans, reaching for a songbird. Snow White was the first American feature-length animated film and the first Technicolor feature. Although produced at the extraordinary cost of $1.5 million during the depths of the Depression, Snow White earned $8 million in its first release, a phenomenal sum in 1937. More than 750 Disney artists worked on the film during the years of production, 1934 -1937. The beauty of the art and the enchanting story have made Snow White a perennial favorite. |