Jun 17 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2709 -

Sale 2709 - Lot 200

Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS / CHET MARSHALL / GENE WARE
Mickey Mouse Bank of America watch design.

Mixed media on board, 1973. 665x474 mm; 26¼x18⅝ inches. Mounted to a presentation board with descriptive text from the time of production.

PublicationOriginal design for a promotional Bank of America watch face.
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Additional Details

This is a particularly early example of original art for Disney's revival of ‘pie-eyed' Mickey Mouse merchandise, which had only recently proven commercially viable to the company.

Bank of America held a key, long-running role in Disney company history, having supplied the funds needed to finish Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, helping fund and maintaining a presence in Disneyland, and even serving as Walt Disney's personal bank.

Chet Marshall was a California-based commercial illustrator, who was one of a small number of artists who could effectively channel 1930s Disney character style. Around 1973 he was commissioned by the Disney Consumer Products to design a variety of posters and other merchandise based on 1930s cartoons. Sadly, his promising relationship with Disney would be cut short by his tragic passing in 1974. In 1993 Gladstone Comics honored Marshall by featuring his Mickey art based as the cover of Donald and Mickey #20 (November, 1993) .

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