Goofy (from ‘How To Ski’, 1941)

An original production Courvoisier cel setup created by Disney during the production of ‘How To Ski’, 1941.

Made in 1941, Walt Disney’s hilarious film How to Ski was the first ever cartoon to feature Goofy’s now famous “holler” or, as you might know it, “Yaaaaaaa-hoo-hoo-hoo-hooey!”

This cel or celluloid set up would have been used in the original production process after the animators’ original drawings were traced onto sheets of transparent plastic and hand-painted in colour. Then projected via a multiplane camera onto a separate background, each cel would be moved by hand according to the animating directors to create a minute yet crucial movement in the final film.

As a ‘Courvoisier cel’, this piece is mounted and framed with a certificate of authenticity and comes from the exclusive archives of Guthrie Courvoisier; a revered art dealer who worked with the Disney brothers back in the 1930s. 

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