Disney Studio Pt. 7 - 1930s Publicity Drawings for Mickey and Donald Shorts *
When I first encountered Disney publicity drawings in the late 1970s, no one seemed to really know what they were. Typically they were described as "concept" art or some sort of layout drawings. Since they were not consistently catagorized for what they truly were, they were almost uniformly looked down upon. This despite the obvious fact that they were the most complete, detailed, and, as a whole, most finely rendered of all Disney art. After years of looking at the art and spotting published sources which were clearly based on the pencil art, I finally understood that these drawings, virtually all by three artists -- Tom Wood, Manuel Gonzales, and Hank Porter -- were created for publicity stills, one sheet cartoon posters, monthly Disney pages for children in Good Housekeeping Magazine, and illustrated Disney books. Simultaneously I obtained information regarding the sources of such drawings that led to their coming onto the animation art market. I don't believe that anyone else knows this history, i.e., the provenance of Disney publicity drawings from the 1930s, so I have decided to memorialize this history here. There is insufficient space to provide the details in this introductory field, so I will serialize this account with portions appearing under the entries for the drawings themselves, numbered in sequence after any specific comments about the individual drawings. .
There are 88 Pieces of Art In This Gallery.
73 through 88 shown.
Publicity Drawing for Donald's Golf Game, November, 1938
Art Details
| Artist: | Manuel Gonzales (Penciller) |
| Media Type: | Pencil |
| Art Type: | Animation |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 1150 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Added to Site: | 6/29/2006 |
About the Owner
| C E | |
| Member Since: | April 2006 |
Publicity Drawing for Donald's Golf Game, November, 1938
Artist: Manuel Gonzales (Penciller)
1150 Views
Publicity Drawing of Donald Duck from Donald's Golf Game, November, 1938
Art Details
| Artist: | Manuel Gonzales (Penciller) Walt Disney Studio (Penciller) |
| Media Type: | Pencil |
| Art Type: | Animation |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 1753 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Added to Site: | 1/20/2016 |
About the Owner
| C E | |
| Member Since: | April 2006 |
Publicity Drawing of Donald Duck from Donald's Golf Game, November, 1938
Artist: Manuel Gonzales (Penciller)
Walt Disney Studio (Penciller)
1753 Views
Publicity Drawing for Donald's Golf Game, November,1938. a portion of which was used for the cover of a 1938 Mickey Mouse Magazine
Art Details
| Artist: | Manuel Gonzales (Penciller) |
| Media Type: | Pencil |
| Art Type: | Animation |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 903 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Added to Site: | 7/12/2006 |
About the Owner
| C E | |
| Member Since: | April 2006 |
Publicity Drawing for Donald's Golf Game, November,1938. a portion of which was used for the cover of a 1938 Mickey Mouse Magazine
Artist: Manuel Gonzales (Penciller)
903 Views
Drawing for a Publicity Still for Donald's Golf Game, 1938
Art Details
| Artist: | Manuel Gonzales (Penciller) Walt Disney Studio (All) |
| Media Type: | Pencil |
| Art Type: | Animation |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 312 |
| Comments: | 2 |
| Added to Site: | 8/12/2021 |
About the Owner
| C E | |
| Member Since: | April 2006 |
Drawing for a Publicity Still for Donald's Golf Game, 1938
Artist: Manuel Gonzales (Penciller)
Walt Disney Studio (All)
312 Views, 2 Comments
Publicity Drawing from Donald's Golf Game, November, 1938
Art Details
| Artist: | Manuel Gonzales (Penciller) |
| Media Type: | Pencil |
| Art Type: | Animation |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 1206 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Added to Site: | 7/31/2006 |
About the Owner
| C E | |
| Member Since: | April 2006 |
Publicity Drawing from Donald's Golf Game, November, 1938
Artist: Manuel Gonzales (Penciller)
1206 Views
Publicity Drawing for Donald's Golf Game, November, 1938
Art Details
| Artist: | Manuel Gonzales (Penciller) |
| Media Type: | Pencil |
| Art Type: | Animation |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 587 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Added to Site: | 7/3/2006 |
About the Owner
| C E | |
| Member Since: | April 2006 |
Publicity Drawing for Donald's Golf Game, November, 1938
Artist: Manuel Gonzales (Penciller)
587 Views
Publicity Drawing for Donald's Luckey Day, January, 1939
Art Details
| Artist: | Hank Porter (Penciller) |
| Media Type: | Pencil |
| Art Type: | Animation |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 571 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Added to Site: | 7/2/2006 |
About the Owner
| C E | |
| Member Since: | April 2006 |
Publicity Drawing for Donald's Luckey Day, January, 1939
Artist: Hank Porter (Penciller)
571 Views
Drawing for the Goofy and Wilbur Good Housekeeping page, May, 1939
Art Details
| Artist: | Walt Disney Studio (All) Hank Porter (All) |
| Media Type: | Pencil |
| Art Type: | Animation |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 565 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Added to Site: | 7/12/2006 |
About the Owner
| C E | |
| Member Since: | April 2006 |
Drawing for the Goofy and Wilbur Good Housekeeping page, May, 1939
Artist: Walt Disney Studio (All)
Hank Porter (All)
565 Views
Publicity Drawing for Goofy and Wilbur Good Housekeeping Page
Art Details
| Artist: | Walt Disney Studio (Penciller) Hank Porter (Penciller) |
| Media Type: | Pencil |
| Art Type: | Animation |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 1252 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Added to Site: | 1/20/2016 |
About the Owner
| C E | |
| Member Since: | April 2006 |
Publicity Drawing for Goofy and Wilbur Good Housekeeping Page
Artist: Walt Disney Studio (Penciller)
Hank Porter (Penciller)
1252 Views
Publicity Drawing for Donald's Cousin Gus, May, 1939
Art Details
| Artist: | Hank Porter (Penciller) |
| Media Type: | Pencil |
| Art Type: | Animation |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 947 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Added to Site: | 7/3/2006 |
About the Owner
| C E | |
| Member Since: | April 2006 |
Publicity Drawing for Donald's Cousin Gus, May, 1939
Artist: Hank Porter (Penciller)
947 Views
Drawing for a Cel Used for a Publicity Still for Donald's Cousin Gus, May, 1939
Art Details
| Artist: | Hank Porter (All) |
| Media Type: | Pencil |
| Art Type: | Animation |
| For Sale Status: | |
| Views | 655 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Added to Site: | 5/27/2013 |
About the Owner
| C E | |
| Member Since: | April 2006 |
Drawing for a Cel Used for a Publicity Still for Donald's Cousin Gus, May, 1939
Artist: Hank Porter (All)
655 Views
Publicity Drawing for Donald's Cousin Gus, May, 1939
Art Details
| Artist: | Hank Porter (Penciller) |
| Media Type: | Pencil |
| Art Type: | Animation |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 619 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Added to Site: | 7/3/2006 |
About the Owner
| C E | |
| Member Since: | April 2006 |
Publicity Drawing for Donald's Cousin Gus, May, 1939
Artist: Hank Porter (Penciller)
619 Views
Publicity Drawing Used for Making on of the Six Cel and Background Publicity Stills for Donald's Cousin Gus 1939
Art Details
| Artist: | Hank Porter (Penciller) |
| Media Type: | Pen and Ink |
| Art Type: | Animation |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 192 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Added to Site: | 12/13/2022 |
About the Owner
| C E | |
| Member Since: | April 2006 |
Publicity Drawing Used for Making on of the Six Cel and Background Publicity Stills for Donald's Cousin Gus 1939
Artist: Hank Porter (Penciller)
192 Views
Publicity Drawing for Donald's Cousin Gus, May, 1939
Art Details
| Artist: | Hank Porter (Penciller) |
| Media Type: | Pencil |
| Art Type: | Animation |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 1007 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Added to Site: | 7/16/2012 |
About the Owner
| C E | |
| Member Since: | April 2006 |
Publicity Drawing for Donald's Cousin Gus, May, 1939
Artist: Hank Porter (Penciller)
1007 Views
Publicity Drawing for Donald's Dog Laundry, April, 1940
Art Details
| Artist: | Hank Porter (Penciller) |
| Media Type: | Pencil |
| Art Type: | Animation |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 2021 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Added to Site: | 6/29/2006 |
About the Owner
| C E | |
| Member Since: | April 2006 |
Publicity Drawing for Donald's Dog Laundry, April, 1940
Artist: Hank Porter (Penciller)
2021 Views
Preliminary Drawing for Donald's Elephant Good Housekeeping page, 1940
Art Details
| Artist: | Hank Porter (All) Walt Disney Studio (All) |
| Media Type: | Pencil |
| Art Type: | Animation |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 161 |
| Comments: | 1 |
| Added to Site: | 4/27/2024 |
About the Owner
| C E | |
| Member Since: | April 2006 |
Preliminary Drawing for Donald's Elephant Good Housekeeping page, 1940
Artist: Hank Porter (All)
Walt Disney Studio (All)
161 Views, 1 Comment
There are 88 Pieces of Art In This Gallery.
73 through 88 shown.
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