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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
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