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(Walt Disney Studios, 1935) Original hand-painted publicity cel featuring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck from Mickey's Fire Brigade, showing them both in their firemen's helmets. Mickey's image measures 3.5 x 4 and Donald Duck measures 2 x 2.5, with a mat opening of 8 x 6. Framed to an overall size of 10.75 x 8.75. A label on the reverse reads: "Donald Duck and Mickey from Walt Disney's Production 'Mickey's Fire Brigade,' Painted by Frances Goellert—1935." In very good condition, with some lifting and losses to paint, and the mat loose from the old frame. Interestingly, the artist, Frances Goellert, was arrested and jailed as a Nazi spy during World War II, for assisting her husband, Dr. Hans Helmut Gros, in sending coded messages to Germany.
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(Walt Disney Studios, 1935) Original hand-painted publicity cel featuring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck from Mickey's Fire Brigade, showing them both in their firemen's helmets. Mickey's image measures 3.5 x 4 and Donald Duck measures 2 x 2.5, with a mat opening of 8 x 6. Framed to an overall size of 10.75 x 8.75. A label on the reverse reads: "Donald Duck and Mickey from Walt Disney's Production 'Mickey's Fire Brigade,' Painted by Frances Goellert—1935." In very good condition, with some lifting and losses to paint, and the mat loose from the old frame. Interestingly, the artist, Frances Goellert, was arrested and jailed as a Nazi spy during World War II, for assisting her husband, Dr. Hans Helmut Gros, in sending coded messages to Germany.
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