Original Disney production drawing (Aurora) 1958

Description: Important note! We have reduced the price of this item. The Estate Of Elizabeth Case will be taking ALL Elizabeth Case art off of the market soon. Please let us know soon if you are interested in this item! This is an original production drawing from Sleeping Beauty 1958, by the late Disney Artist, Elizabeth Case (Zwicker). Elizabeth worked on many sequences from the film, but her finest work shone in the forest sequence "Once upon a dream". This is one of the last drawings available of Princess Aurora (Briar Rose) from the Estate of Elizabeth Case (Zwicker). Please see the interview with her on Youtube about working at Disney at (https://youtu.be/ufIpn7w_Wtw) This is offered by the Estate of Elizabeth Case and we have all the necessary documents available to prove the provenance of this work of art. Unique and extremely rare. A fantastic addition to any Animation art collection or a lover of great Disney movies. Here are is an excerpt from and interview by The Ladybug press: Elizabeth Case Zwicker, born in 1930, was the daughter of Nelson Case, a famous radio announcer in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1956, she was hired for Disney’s 1959 feature Sleeping Beauty as an in-be-tweener and breakdown artist, mainly working on the birds, but also other characters such as Prince Phillip’s horse. About her experience working for the Walt Disney Animation Studio, she wrote: “In 1956 I had just divorced and had to go to work. I was living in Glendora, California. One Sunday I opened the Los Angeles Times, to the help wanted. It was divided back then into men and women. I was reading men’s jobs and women’s jobs. Nobody ever said I couldn’t. I never had any boundaries. I did a lot of things that other people didn’t because I didn’t know better. I found an ad that said “Fine artist wanted” for Disney studios. I called and made an appointment to show my portfolio. I didn’t even know what a portfolio was and had to go buy one. I put in a lot of stuff from art school and also some “cute” drawings. I added what I consider now as very amateur work, as well as some copies of work that was in the college museum. I took it to Burbank and in the interview they asked me, “Do you have another source of income? We don’t pay very much.” It was $32 or $35 a week, and I assured them that I had child support. Everybody was very honest. They telegraphed me over the weekend that I was hired. I found out later that it was an experiment. They were looking for fine artists and they still do. They want people who can draw; not people who cartoon. You have to know how to interpret human movement. If you are drawing a teapot, that nose has to twitch. The ears have to go back and forth like flaps. I did birds in “Sleeping Beauty.” I studied how birds fly in the research library. I developed a bird consciousness. Then I did the jester with striped sleeves, the stripes are very difficult. The day the movie was finished, we were all laid off. I was the last one laid off (my last name at that time started with a “Z”). They offered me work in layout. I was crushed. I couldn’t imagine life without animation. I didn’t want any other work there, even for more money.” Elizabeth’s time at Disney’s was her only animation job; after that, she went on to painting and illustration. Elizabeth went on the work as a Navy Combat artist, Mural painter, and Newspaper editor. She passed away in April of 2006.

Price: 2500 USD

Location: Boonton, New Jersey

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