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Sericel from listed artist Walter Lantz

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Walter Lantz* 1900-1994* New York / California* Medium- Sericel* Style- Cartoon Subject- Humor - Andy Pandy* Titled verso- Flower Power* Serigraph measures 10 by 14 inches and framed measures 23 1/4 by 27 1/4 inches. Walter Lantz created some of the movies most beloved characters including the laid-back Andy Panda Chilly Willy the sad-eyed ever-freezing penguin and Oswald Rabbit but his most famous creation remains the mischievous carrot-topped Woody Woodpecker. Born in New Rochelle New York to a family of Italian immigrants Lantz got his start drawing for a local newspaper. He learned to do animation with Gregory La Cava and Isadore Klein at Bray Studios where they brought the Katzenjammer Kids Mutt and Jeff and Krazy Kat to life. In the late 1920s Lantz moved to Hollywood and began working with Disney and then Universal Pictures. He founded his own production company in 1935 and it is there that most of his characters were created. Woody was inspired by a noisy woodpecker who kept disturbing Lantz and his bride Grace Stafford on their honeymoon at Lake June California. Grace suggested that Lantz immortalize their feathered tormentor by creating a cartoon character. The red-headed troublemaker made his first film appearance in 1941. It was Grace who gave Woody his staccato huh hah hah HA ha laugh. In the mid 50s many of Lantz cartoons especially Woody Woodpecker episodes were packaged re-edited and shown on television. In 1979 Lantz received an honorary Oscar to pay tribute to his contribution of such long-lived unique animated characters.

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