(Walt Disney Studios, 1940) Marvelous original watercolor concept painting by Frank Follmer featuring Mickey and Minnie Mouse and Donald and Daisy Duck for a Mickey Mouse cartoon. The scene depicts a bedridden and sick Donald Duck being tended to by his three friends, with Minnie reading him a book, Daisy offering him hot soup, and Mickey running into the bedroom with a carton of ice cream. Accomplished in gouache on an 18 x 12 artist sheet, and signed in the lower right corner in pencil by Follmer. In fine condition, with a small punch hole to lower section. Accompanied by a copy of a 1997 letter from the Disney Archives attesting to Follmer's role at Disney. Follmer worked at Walt Disney Studios from the late 1930s through the early 1940s, assisting on projects like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, and Fantasia. He alienated Walt Disney when he organized a strike against the studio, and ultimately left to join the Navy. Learn more about our Animation Expert, Harry Kleiman.
