Walt Disney – Three Blind Mouseketeers Animation Drawing - Three Blind Mouseketeers (1936)

Three Blind Mouseketeers
Animation Drawing (Walt Disney, 1936).

Two of the Three Blind Mouseketeers graciously let their friend through the mousehole first, completely unaware of the danger that lurks on the other side. Created for the David Hand-directed Silly Symphony Three Blind Mouseketeers, the 12 field 5-peghole animation drawing in this lot is rendered in graphite with color pencil and features all three of the mice in the titular trio. The mice, a combination of the Three Blind Mice and The Three Musketeers, work together to defeat the devious Captain Katt, avoid his traps, and get their hands on as much cheese as they can eat in the short. They're about to sneak out of their mousehole and into the trap-filled room that awaits them in this full figure animation drawing, allowing the smallest of them to go first at about 2:25 so he can get an idea of where they need to go next. Luckily, they all avoid the axe swinging just outside the exit and are able to slowly but surely make their way to their prize. The trio are numbered 119 in the lower right corner of the page. Now almost 90-years-old, the drawing remains in Very Good condition with light edge and handling wear and faint age-related toning.