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Massive original custom-made Christmas card presented to animation legend Fred Quimby by the MGM Studio animation department in 1951. The card, which is matted to an overall size of 27 x 34.5, features a wonderful yuletide scene of iconic cartoon characters Tom and Jerry singing Christmas carols outside the front of a house, which features a Christmas wreath, brick steps, twin bushes with lightbulbs, a yard lamp with candle, and the house’s address number,” 623,” which matches Quimby’s home address of 623 North Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills, California. The artwork is accomplished in mixed media, although the majority is watercolor, and the bottom section features the signatures of 76 MGM employees, a group highlighted by animation figures and artists like Bill Hanna, Joe Barbera, Tex Avery, Ken Muse, Irv Spence, Ray Patterson, and more. The central portion bears a hand-drawn card with a calligraphic sentiment, “1951, To a swell boss – With sincere good wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, from The Gang.” In fine condition.
