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SALVADOR DALI'S DESTINO

Destino #58
Destino #58
VIP edition set II, 2006
24½ x 27½" (framed)

 

 

Destino #70
Destino #70
VIP edition set II, 2006
22 x 26" (framed)

 

 

Destino #73
Destino #73
VIP edition set II, 2006
29½ x 34" (framed)

 

 

Destino #63
Destino #63
VIP edition set II, 2006
22 x 26" (framed)

 

 

Destino #67
Destino #67
VIP edition set II, 2006
22 x 26" (framed)

 

 

Destino #57
Destino #57
VIP edition set II, 2006
24½ x 27½" (framed)


 

Serigraphs in color on wove paper. From the numbered editions of 475 (275 international proofs, 120 gallery proofs (100 of which are signed by Roy Disney), 50 artist's proofs, and 10 printer's proofs also exist). The above collection is from the deluxe VIP edition of 95 signed by Roy Disney.

The Destino Series of limited edition prints is the product of collaboration between Catalan painter Salvador Dalí and American animator Walt Disney of the Walt Disney Company (then Walt Disney Studios). Together, they imagined an animated cartoon that would follow a female figure, dancing through Dalí’s surreal landscapes. The two collaborated for eight months in late 1945 and 1946; however, financial concerns caused Disney to cease production. Walt Disney Studios was plagued by many financial woes in the World War II era.  The storyboards were subsequently locked away in a vault, only to be unearthed 55 years later by Walt Disney’s nephew, while working on Fantasia 2000.
 

Destino was finally released in 2003, by Roy Edward Disney, Baker Bloodworth, the piece’s producer, and Dominique Monfrey, a French animator.  They had the help of 25 animators and the journals of Dali’s wife Gala. The final piece, a six-minute short, is mostly traditional animation and includes 18 seconds of original footage—the only remnants, other than the storyboard prints, which remain of Dalí’s original work.  The well-received Destino premiered June 2, 2003 at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in Annecy, France. The short won many awards, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Animated short film in 2003. A DVD featuring Destino is slated to be released on November 11, 2008. It will also include a documentary on the making of Destino featuring John Hench and Joe Grant and two new featurettes: The Disney That Almost Was, an examination of the studio’s unfinished projects and Encounters with Walt, a film about celebrities and artists who were attracted to Walt Disney’s early work.

 

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