Movie Cel Depicting Shirley Temple and the Three Little Pigs by Grim Natwick

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12" (30 cm.) x 8". The painting on cel depicts a seated Shirley Temple, smiling broadly as she applauds, while posed around her, in animated cheerful manner, are the Three Little Pigs in their classic costumes. Also included are two pencil sketches, one of this cel, and other of Donald Duck that is signed George Rowley. Excellent condition The cel is signed Grim Natwick, and was created for the Walt Disney Productions animated short film, "Mickey's Polo Team", 1936, by that noted artist. This cartoon was inspired by the "Three Little Pigs" film which incidentally won "Best Animated Short Film" at the 1934 Academy Award, the same year as Shirley Temple's break-through film "Stand Up and Cheer". A bond was formed between the Disney team and Shirley Temple as evidenced in the autograph book, #213, of this catalog.