Rare 1940's Walt Disney Animation Art Legends Williams/Moore 4 Gen Patton Troops

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You are bidding on a once in a lifetime opportunity to own a spectacular historically connected Original Art sketch drawn by Disney greats like Roy William or Fred Moore (#4 All-time Disney Artist, who died at 41 yrs old in a car wreck) and others, which comes with a series of photo copies of letters (including a photo copy of Walt Disney's hand signed letter) documenting the art and the history significance involved in the use of the original art in a book that portrays the huge part the Desert Battalion played in entertaining General Patton's troops.Take a look at the three pictures from 1940's of Mrs. Robinson at her book signing and you can see in the background display that she displayed this exact item listed along with the other original art pieces, I have listed in separate auctions. Rarely do you get this kind of providence shown in these pictures which later hung in the Hollywood Museum for many years as a part of history. You can own this original Disney animation art. Please check out the others I have listed to own more of these stunning historic pieces!This original Disney art is on 10 x 12"paper held loosely on 12½ x 14" mounts. Because this is Original Artwork by a Disney employed Artist the artwork has spindle holes at the bottom edge which is visible if unframed (This set up was the standard format for Disney's artists), further documenting the originality of this historical art item.Perfect collectible for Disney or Military collectors.Added to the desirability of this offering; the Original Disney Art piece comes with photo copies of the letter from Walt Disney plus picture copies from the book "The Desert Battalion" showing the use of the art. Additionally included is an original photograph of Mrs. Robinson. She is the subject of the correspondence of Walt's letter along with several Disney interoffice letters further documenting the history and importance of this Original Disney Art item! These interoffice letters also document the Disney artists involved including Roy Williams and Fred Moore + the Gang at Disney, plus much more documentation and interesting historical documentation.The Desert Battalion was organized in late Spring 1942 by Gladys Lloyd "Robbie" Robinson, wife of actor Edward G. Robinson. This "feminine battalion," run by "brigadears," was recruited to entertain U.S. soldiers who were stationed in remote, desert locationsover some 18,000 miles in Southern California. It was there that General George S. Patton trained his troops for the conditions they would face in the deserts of North Africa.Some 600 young women between the ages of 18 and 25 eventually took part in the Desert Battalion. During the week they worked in factories, offices, and war plants. On the weekends, the women paid their own bus fare to travel to camps in the middle of nowhereto dance nonstop for hours in the sweltering heat and to talk with the lonesome troops and generally cheer them up with some female companionship. The women were chaperoned and were not allowed to drink alcoholic beverages or "neck"; they also had to promisenot to divulge military information. The Desert Battalion covered over 350,000 miles in the two years it entertained the troops.In 1944, Mrs. Robinson and Jack Preston published a soft cover book called "The Desert Battalion" (Hollywood: Murray & Gee, Inc.). To illustrate the book, Walt Disney contributed twelve original drawingsmade by his animators of which one of these is the subject of this auction. It was decided that, to avoid legal problems, individual animators could not personally sign the drawings or named, but that each Disney sketch could be marked "c W.D.P." TheAcknowledgment in the front of the book states: "The Walt Disney drawings in this book were produced and contributed by the staff of Walt Disney Productions-supervised by Don Douglas."Included with this offering are zerox copies of several letters from the Disney file on the Desert Battalion: an inter-office memo noting that "Mrs. Edward G. Robinson called Walt and asked him to supply ... read more

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