David Bird Glass Work (70th Anniversary - 2007)

Snow White Stained Glass...
Edition Size: 1
Retail: $795

David Bird of Light Design Studios is a glass artist who had three pieces available at the DCA Snow White 70th anniversary event...an apple pendant and two stained glass works.

Fused Glass Apple Pendant...
Edition Size: 50
Retail: $39

Old Hag Stained Glass...
Edition Size: 1
Retail: $750

Charles Boyer Snow White Poster (50th Anniversary - 1987)

A 1987 Golden Anniversary commemorative poster was created by Disneyland master illustrator Charles Boyer. A limited edition, the 20" x 30" print was available for purchase in the park. It features a little girl looking into a mirror and seeing the reflection of Snow White and three of the dwarfs. The Snow White in the poster was the actual cast member at that time who played the princess in the park, and she posed for the painting.

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For one day only on July 17th, the date of the 1987 theatrical re-release, these posters were given away free to Disneyland guests as they exited the park. The cast members at the gate would ask if you were coming back inside. If you said yes, you didn't get one. If you said no, they gave you a poster.

As mentioned in the earlier post, just outside the gate, the Disneyland Post Office had set up a temporary booth where they were cancelling postage with a commemorative Snow White rubber stamp. Snow White enthusiast Barbara of Harborhousee55 took her free poster over and got it stamped.

Stamped Poster. Image courtesy of Harborhouse55. Used with permission.

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Printed at the bottom of the poster are these words...

In honor of the Golden Anniversary of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," Disneyland presents this limited edition commemorative poster by Disney Artist Charles Boyer. July 17, 1987.

In fine print...

© 1987 The Walt Disney Company

Disney Legend recipient Charles Boyer started his career at Disney in 1960 by accepting a "temporary" job at the theme park. He was Disneyland's very first full-time artist and ended up staying for 39 years.

Charles produced nearly fifty collectible lithographs, as well as a diverse range of artwork for magazine covers, brochures, and flyers -- even Company-commissioned oil portraits for retiring employees. He has worked in all media including pastels, oils, watercolors, gouache, acrylics, pencil, and ink. Source: Disney Legends

He retired in 1999.

Image of Charles via LaughingPlace.com

Poster images via greg.maclaurin.

The Art of the "Unusual" Disney Princess

Haunted Mansion Snow White by Robert Farrell, digital media.

Some of the more strange, yet unique Snow White artwork found in The Art of the Disney Princess book from Disney Editions, 2009. See earlier post for additional images.

Title Page

Snow White by Timothy Palin, digital media.

 Snow White by Alpesh Patel, digital media.

Snow White by Rebbecca Wong, watercolor, gouache and ink on watercolor paper.

Snow White by Dan Beltran, digital media.

Snow White by Katie Weekes, digital media.

Snow White by Ming Ong, acrylic on wood.

 Snow White by Jeff Shelly; watercolor, gouache and digital media.
All images copyright Disney Editions.

Kent Melton and the WDCC Snow White/Prince Figurines, 1998-2006

Artist Kent Melton was working on live-action film projects in California when in the early 1990s he landed the job of sculpting all the character maquettes for Disney's Aladdin. His artistic reputation soon grew within the company and when in 1992 the first porcelain pieces began to appear in the Walt Disney Classic Collection, he was a natural recruit. To date, Kent has sculptured more than half of all the WDCC figurines produced.

Kent Melton sculpting maquette for Tangled.

Image via Cosmo Animato.

When it comes to pairing Snow White and Prince sculpts together, Kent has been the go-to guy. The first was A Kiss Brings Love Anew, a numbered limited edition of 1650. It was released at the 1998 Disneyana Convention held September 7th-11th at WDW's Contemporary Resort.

The piece measures 11" x 10" and is 9 1/4" tall. The flowers at the base of the bier and around the pillow are handmade. The backstamp had a special 1998 Disneyana logo with an image of Walt Disney. A Certificate of Authenticity came in the box as well as a Disneyana Convention Certificate of Verification. Retail price was $750 (USD).

Item Number: 11K-41307-0 (Old)/1028765 (Current) 
Stock Images copyright Disney

Additional detail images via disney_magic.

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Introduced in March 1999, I'm Wishing for the One I Love featured the scene where the Prince and Snow White meet. This was the first time two WDCC characters had been sculpted separately but sold together as a set.

Snow is 8 1/2" tall, the Prince 9 1/4". She's wearing her rag dress. His dagger is fashioned from pewter. First year bottom-stamp was the sorcerer's hat. This open edition set was retired March 2000. Retailed for $295 (USD).

Item Number: 11K-41412-0 (Old)/1028797 (Current)

Additional image via misscathy191.

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This set featured the two figurines of Snow White on horseback, And Away To His Castle We'll Go, and the Prince standing by her side, To Be Happy Forever, I Know. Again bundled and sold together, the open edition pair was released in July 2003.

Snow White with horse is 9 1/2" high, Prince 8 3/4". Knife and horse are stirrups made of pewter. The first year production mark was the harp (from 1947's Mickey and the Beanstalk). Retired October 2007. Set retailed for $450 (USD).

Item Number: 1228042

Additional images courtesy of Duckman's WDCC.

Additional detail images via Valentine Tack Store.

Read a short article on this set and it's sculptor at LaughingPlace.com.

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Released March 2006, A Dance Among the Stars featured Snow White and the Prince from the dream wedding sequence that never made it into the film. Measures 8 5/8" tall. This open edition was retired December 2009. Retail price $295 (USD).

Item Number: 4004515

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The Snow White and Prince Sculpture Base was also introduced in March 2006. The open edition porcelain platform retailed for $50 (USD). Still available. (Wedding couple was sold separately.)

Info/stock images courtesy of Duckman's WDCC Inside Report. 

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Kent's numerous other Snow White WDCC figurines include:

• Fairest One of All/Dancing Partners 
• Take the Apple, Dearie 
• Musical Dwarfs
• Bring Back Her Heart
• Who is the Fairest One of All
• Deadly Intent
• Whistle While You Work/Dwarfs' Cottage Bench
• A Sweet Send Off
• Now Begins Thy Magic Spell

Peter Max Snow White Art

This 1996 Snow White serigraph features Peter Max's iconic rainbow scheme of colors and "cosmic" glow.  Numbered edition size of 500. Measures 16" x 14" (40.64 x 35.56 cm). Sells for $1000 or more (USD).

1996 Peter Max Serigraph

Back in the 1960s, the psychedelic poster art created by Peter Max was hugely successful. Coined the "cosmic 60s", his stylistic work sold in the millions. Nearly three decades later, he turned his attention to Disney. Max generated a collection of original paintings, lithographs, and serigraph (silk-screen) prints of Walt's most beloved characters including, as seen above, Miss White.









Disney Suite: Snow White group of 4. These serigraphs from about 1994 are each signed, numbered and measure 16" x 14". Edition size 500.

Snow White Group of 4. Images via Heritage Auction Galleries.

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In addition to his shows and exhibits at the world's top museums, Peter's also made abundant personal appearances at galleries and other art exhibition spaces. In the 1990s, when he was creating his Disney works, he actually painted individual pieces on location.

On one such visit in 1998 to the Fingerhut Galleries in Minnesota, Peter painted this piece below.

David Welch, seller of collectibles, recounts the details surrounding this piece...

Apparently Max had a licensing deal with Disney to do these as they are clearly marked on the back. The process used here is that the image was pre-printed on the canvas in black and white and he would then hand paint it--sometimes as the purchaser stood and watched. It's kind of like a coloring book page--on canvas--that Max hand-painted [which makes it] less expensive than a stand alone original painting. I have no idea how many Snow Whites were painted by Max, but they were supposedly all unique in that he painted no two alike. The person I bought this from paid $11,000+.

The colors are outstanding! Measures approximately 16 x 16". Stapled to the original wooden frame. Marked with Max internal inventory numbers, and actually signed TWICE...on the front and on the back.

Special thanks to David Welch of Childhood Memorabilia (via PEZDUDEWELCH) for the info and images of the Fingerhut Galleries piece. Used with permission.