Fantastic original painting for the cover of the 1961 Little Golden Book 'Woody Woodpecker Takes a Trip,' which depicts Woody on a ship deck looking for his niece and nephew Splinter and Knothead, both of whom are hiding in a nearby ventilation pipe, accomplished in graphite and acrylic on 9.5 x 11.5 artist board, with pencil and ballpoint notations below, "C4383, Woody W. Pecker Takes a Trip, #445, Cover S/S." Signed in the lower right by Walter Lantz, who integrates his autograph into the 'Walter Lantz Productions' copyright mark. In fine condition. The title page of the book identifies Al White and Ben De Nunez as the illustrators of the book.
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