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Floyd Gottfredson - Mickey Mouse Painting

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Comics Start Price:1,600.00 USD Estimated At:6,400.00 - 9,600.00 USD
Floyd Gottfredson - Mickey Mouse Painting
<B>Floyd Gottfredson - "Mickey Mouse in the Foreign Legion" Painting (undated).</B></I> This sun-baked desert scene spotlighting Mickey Mouse, Pegleg Pete, and Trigger Hawkes in the Foreign Legion was one in the series of 24 paintings originally commissioned by collector Malcolm Willits from 1978-83. These sensational scenes were the only full-color Mickey Mouse paintings that Floyd Gottfredson did. Gottfredson was the primary creator of the <I>Mickey Mouse</B></I> daily newspaper strip, and his first daily debuted on May 5, 1930. Each painting in the commissioned series was based on a storyline that Gottfredson created for the newspaper strip, and this work was based on "Mickey Mouse in the Foreign legion," which ran from March 23, 1936 through August 8, 1936. The storyline was also used in the 1940 Big Little Book, <B>Mickey Mouse in the Foreign Legion</B></I>. This sensational mixed-media on paper mouse-terpiece has an approximate image area of 20.5" x 16", is framed, and is in Excellent condition. The painting was signed by Gottfredson at the lower left. <BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Framed - with Glass, Large (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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