(ANIMATION) WALT DISNEY STUDIOS / DICK ANTHONY (20TH CENTUR
Pastoral Symphony from Fantasia.Studio-issued photostat. Studio-issued photostat of sequence 4.5. 367x445 mm; 14½x17½ inches, sheet. Artist's sign-off stamp signed "04.5 Dick Anthony / J.C.J." and signed "Anthony" in pencil again, verso center. Taped to window matte along verso center and framed. Provenance: "One-of-a-Kind" Cartoon Art, Decatur, GA. (with their COA); current owner, private collection New York.This photostat in its original presentation matte was apparently made for review by the studio staff; it is very likely that this scene was left out of the final film due to its risqué visuals.The reverse of the backing board bears a rarely seen production-specific stamp for the “Concert Feature” (the working title for Fantasia), with the sequence number 4.5, name of the artist Dick Anthony, and the initials J.C.J.Dick Anthony was responsible for many lovely background paintings on The Pastoral Symphony sequence. The great Disney, Fleischer and Mintz artist, Dick Huemer (who was a story director on Fantasia), spoke highly of Dick Anthony’s talent, saying in a 1968 interview that he was ”A crackerjack background and matte artist.”While not original art, this is a very scarce image and a fantastic relic of “forbidden” Disney history.