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Hank Porter - Snow White - Old Hag Storybook Illustration - 1937

Artist: Hank Porter (Penciller)

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Title:	Hank Porter - Snow White - Old Hag Storybook Illustration - 1937
Artist:	Hank Porter (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pencil
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	2,847
Likes on CAF:	4 5
Comments:	5
Added to Site:	1/14/2020
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I´m delighted to add this wonderful original pencil Illustration from the original 1937 storybook to what is quite possibly the most fameous/important Disney movie of all time, Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs. As was usual for the time, there are no artist credits, but one of the most knowledgeable people (I know) in early Disney artwork believes this to be by the great Hank Porter (Thank you Dennis!!!) and I have to agree with him…
Does anyone have more info (or a different opinion) on this piece?

This is what Heritage had to say:
Complete Story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Old Hag Storybook Illustration (Walt Disney/Harper and Brothers, 1937). Although Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was Disney's first feature film, it's still hard to top when it comes to great villains. The Evil Queen as magically transformed into the Old Hag was wonderfully wicked as she poisoned an apple to give to Snow White, and here's that scene as created for the very first Snow White book, published by Harper and Brothers (later Harper & Row, with subsequent editions published by Grosset & Dunlop). The art is in highly detailed graphite on a sheet of 12 field 5-peghole animation paper, with an overall image area of 8.5" x 7". Included are the notations P. 62 and "The poison brew bubbled and boiled... taking an apple, the Queen tied a string to the stem and lowered it into the poison." Most Disney storybook illustrations at the time were created in ink or painted on cel, but this is one of the most beautiful penciled drawings created for this film ever published. From the MacLaughlin Family Disney Collection.

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Jeff Singh
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 1/15/2020

Very iconic image...a real piece of cartooning history.

HJ St. John Smythe
Member Since 2007

1 - Posted on 1/15/2020

Wow, -amazing piece!!!

Antonio Menici
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 1/17/2020

Beautiful piece!!!

CJ Design
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 3/15/2023

Amazing to have a piece from the most groundbraking Animation ever done. I salute you! Your gallery is fantastic!

Ian Saint
Member Since 2021

1 - Posted on 8/15/2023

So beautiful and it trully captures the inner child in me looking at this.

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