(Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Rare original watercolor production painting featuring Pinocchio, Figaro, and Geppetto from Pinocchio, done for a De Beukelaer's Cookies sticker promotion, accomplished on a 4.75 x 3.25 sheet affixed to a same-size cardstock mount. The wonderful artwork shows Geppetto helping Pinocchio put on his backpack as he prepares for his first day of school, with Figaro watching from the feet of the kind-hearted woodcarver. In fine condition.
This original painting was produced as part of a set of 120 to make stickers to be included in boxes or tins of De Beukelaer cookies produced and sold in Belgium, which were collected by customers and pasted into a storybook album. These special paintings were painted by the top Disney artists located in England, who had been handpicked by Walt Disney. All the art was painted to model using Disney model sheets and instructions coming from the Disney Publicity Department in Burbank, California. The artwork then had to be approved by the studio and, of course, Walt Disney himself.
