Moose Hunters
Donald Duck Production Drawing (Walt Disney, 1937)
This superb original production drawing is from Walt Disney's 1937 short Moose Hunters, a classic example of "rubber hose" animation featuring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy in a wild and whimsical hunting misadventure. While Mickey disguises himself as a bush to lure one moose, Donald and Goofy don a female moose costume to attract another-a setup that quickly spirals into slapstick chaos. This hilarious sequence, occurring around the 4:43 timestamp, captures Donald as the unfortunate back half of the moose decoy. As he stumbles into a flower patch, he disturbs a bee, setting off yet another comedic disaster. The expressive animation highlights Donald's frustration and flailing attempts to escape his tiny but determined foe, emphasizing the fluid, exaggerated movement characteristic of early Disney shorts.
Rendered in graphite with color pencil accents on 12-field 5-peghole animation paper, this drawing is numbered 163. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen, with animation by Disney Legends Art Babbitt, Norm Ferguson, Clyde Geronimi, and John Lounsbery, this vintage artwork remains in Good condition, showing age-related toning and edge wear-a fantastic piece of Disney history!