SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
(1937)
Early storyboard drawing by legendary Al Hurter.
This storyboard was created for the sequence known as “The Dwarfs’ Council” at the studio where they try to come up with something they can do for Snow White. The answer, of course, was a bed, and this and the actual bed-making sequence would not be completed for the final film. This is typical of the concept of the scene-Doc at a tree stump as leader and the other dwarfs sitting on logs or giant toadstools. Here four dwarfs are pictured that look like early versions of Doc, Grumpy, Sneezy and Bashful. It is in red and black pencil, and has the words “YOU MEAN-?” written in blue. It is on animation paper cut down to 7 1/8 x 7 1/8”. It has multiple pin holes in the top corners as it was moved from board to board during the making of animation’s most important film. Showing the early dwarfs’ incarnations and by one of the strongest Disney concept artists, here is a rare quality piece.