Description: 1930's DISNEY "LEGEND" ANIMATOR "BILL JUSTICE" WWII ERA ORIGINAL COLOR DRAWING! 1930's DISNEY "LEGEND" ANIMATOR "BILL JUSTICE" WWII ERA ORIGINAL COLOR PAINTING! Click images to enlarge Description RARE "1-OF-A-KIND" WITH SOLID "CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY": 1940's WAR TIME THEMED "SORRY BUT THAT'S LIFE": "ORIGINAL PAINTING" FEATURING WALT DISNEY STUDIO LEGEND ARTIST "BILL JUSTICE" SELF PORTRAIT ALONG WITH PAINT DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE, EADIE HOFFMAN. BILL JUSTICE PRODUCED THIS WONDERFUL PIECE OF ART AS A PERSONAL WALT DISNEY STUDIO "EMPLOYEE FAMILY" PROJECT. THIS ORIGINAL COLOR DRAWING WAS DONE IN 3 MEDIUM STYLES CONSISTING OF INDIA INK: LITHOGRAPHIC CRAYON, AND WATERCOLOR ON HEAVY-WEIGHT PAPER. THE PAINTING IS IN OVERALL VERY FINE OR BETTER CONDITION. THE APPROXIMATE IMAGE SIZE IS: 9" X 10 1/2". THE FRAMING/MATTING SET IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PURCHASE OPPORTUNITY. I HAVE OWNED THE PAINTING SINCE 2013 AND HAVE HAD IT DISPLAYED IN A PROMINENT AREA WITHIN MY HOME. I HAVE PROVIDED PHOTO REFERENCES OF THE FRAMED SET FRONT AND BACK. I HAVE THE SET DISPLAYED IN A ROOM THAT GETS NO OUTSIDE LIGHT. DISNEY ANIMATOR, BILL JUSTICE, CREATED THIS ORIGINAL COLOR PAINTING OF EADIE HOFFMAN AND HIMSELF AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF EADIES'S HUSBAND, BOB, FROM SERVICE IN WORLD WAR II. EADIE HOFFMAN WORKED IN THE DISNEY INK AND PAINT DEPARTMENT AND WAS A FAVORITE OF THE ARTIST, BILL JUSTICE, AND OTHERS. INCLUDED IN THIS INCREDIBLE SET IS A PHOTOCOPY OF A COLOR PICTURE FROM THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE MAGAZINE OF MS. HOFFMAN AT HER STUDIO DESK. EADIE LIVED A VERY LONG LIFE AND PASSED IN 2017 AT THE AGE OF 89(BORN IN 1928). BILL JUSTICE JOINED THE WALT DISNEY STUDIO IN 1937 AS AN IN-BETWEENER ON SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS. BY 1940, MR. JUSTICE BECAME AN ANIMATOR ON THE "PASTORAL SYMPHONY" SEGMENT OF FANTASIA. HE ANIMATED ON SHORTS AND FEATURES THROUGHOUT THE 1940'S AND 1950'S AND DURING THE LATTER DECADE WAS THE LEAD ANIMATOR OF CHIP N' DALE. MR. JUSTICE WAS ONE OF DISNEY'S ARTIST WHO PRODUCED DRAWINGS OF DELECTABLE WOMEN IN THE 1940'S AND 1950'S. HIS ILLUSTRATIONS WERE FEATURED ALONG WITH THOSE OF WILT NEIL AND FRED MOORE(FROM WHO THEY TOOK THERE LEAD) ON THE PIN-UP POSTERS ISSUED TO SERVICEMEN WITH THE STUDIO'S "DISPATCH FROM DISNEY'S" IN 1941. HE DIRECTED 5 OF THE STUDIO'S INNOVATIVE CARTOONS RELEASED FROM 1956 TO 1962 AND WAS ONE OF THE STUDIO'S SPECIALISTS WHO PRODUCED THE AMAZING STOP-MOTION ANIMATION SEEN IN BABES OF TOYLAND(1961) AND MARY POPPINS(1964). IN 1965 HE JOINED WED ENTERPRISES AND LATER WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING AS DESIGNER OF ATTRACTIONS, PARADES, CHARACTER COSTUMES, AND OTHER PROJECTS FOR THE DISNEY THEME PARKS. MR. JUSTICE RETIRED IN 1979 AND WAS NAMED A DISNEY LEGEND IN 1996. IN 2005 HE WAS HONORED WITH A WINDOW ON DISNEYLAND'S MAIN STREET FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PARK. MR. JUSTICE PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 10, 2011. THE SET COMES WITH THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY FROM THE HIGHLY RESPECTED HOWARD LOWERY OF GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA. MR. LOWERY HAS HAD A LIFE CONNECTED TO THE MOST INNER CIRCLE OF THE DISNEY WORLD FOR DECADES. HIS COA ON ANYTHING DISNEYANA IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE VIEW MY ENCLOSED PHOTO REFERENCES FOR THE BEST TOOL TO USE IN DETERMINING THE EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY OF THE PIECES THAT MAKE UP THIS WONDERFUL AND UNIQUE SET FOR YOURSELF. A PICTURE IS STILL WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.............................. "IF YOU LIKE THE BEST VALUE FOR THE $ - THIS ONE IS FOR YOU" !!!!!! "IF YOU LIKE THE BEST VALUE FOR THE $ - THIS ONE IS FOR YOU"!!!! Shipping ITEMS WILL SHIP BY BEST WAY OPTIONS AS DETERMINED BY SELLER AND LISTING WITH THE AUCTION. SHIPPING METHOD CAN BE CHANGED IF AGREED ON BY BOTH BUYER AND SELLER. WE CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ITEMS LOST, STOLEN OR DAMAGED IF THEY ARE NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE. WE PACKAGE ALL SHIPMENTS WITH THE GREATEST OF CARE IN HOPES OF REDUCING SIGNIFICANTLY ANY CHANCES FOR DAMAGE IN SHIPMENT. Pictures sell! Auctiva offers Free Image Hosting and Editing.300+ Listing Templates! Auctiva gets you noticed! The complete eBay Selling Solution. Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter
Price: 399.99 USD
Location: Woodbridge, California
End Time: 2023-12-06T09:51:44.000Z
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
WALT DISNEY STUDIO EMPLOYEE IN PAINTING: EADIE HOFFMAN
BILL JUSTICE DISNEY JOB: DISNEY STUDIO ANIMATION ARTIST
WWII ERA MEMORABILIA: ORIGINAL PAINTING BY DISNEY ANIMATION ARTIST
YEAR OF DRAWING MADE: 1940's
DISNEYLAND RECOGNITION FOR BILL JUSTICE: NAME HONERED ON MAIN STREET
ERA OF ITEM: WWII
PRODUCT TYPE: VINTAGE ORIGINAL PAINTING BY ANIMATION ARTIST
NUMBER OF PIECES IN SET: 3
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: WWII ERA PAINTING BY DISNEY ANIMATION ARTIST
BRAND: DISNEY
ARTIST: BILL JUSTICE
BILL JUSTICE ANIMATION ARTIST CREDITS: WALT DISNEY LEGEND
THEME OF PAINTING: DISNEY STUDIO EMPLOYEE'S HUSBAND HOME FROM WWII
PROVENANCE: CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
CONDITION: NEAR MINT
TITLE OF PAINTING: SORRY BUT THAT IS LIFE
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States