(Walt Disney Studios, 1937) Original concept publicity drawing featuring an owl and two doves kissing Doves from The Old Mill, with the sun rising in the detailed scene's background. Accomplished in graphite and colored pencil on untrimmed 12 x 10 animation paper. Image measures 7.5 x 6. In fine condition, with a central vertical fold. The Old Mill was a pioneering Silly Symphony cartoon which served as a proving ground for innovative animation techniques—such as a multiplane camera, complex lighting effects, and the rotation of objects—that would be incorporated in the production of Disney's feature-length films, such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Bambi. The Old Mill won the 1937 Academy Award for Best Short Subjects: Cartoons.
