Dopey Pencil Drawing from Snow White and Seven Dwarfs Disney 1988 Harry Holt

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Dopey Drawing from Snow White and Seven Dwarfs Disney 1988 Harry Holt
No provenance, just drawing with signature.
Pencil Drawing
Harry Holt, born in April 1911, passed away at the age of 93 on April 14, 2004. At the time of his death, he was living in Casselberry, Florida, with his wife and had a son and daughter living in California.
Holt was a Disney animator and sculptor who officially retired from the company in 1982. However, thanks to his friend Ralph Kent, Holt started a new Disney career in 1987 at the age of 76 in a nook in the lobby of the Disneyana Collectibles Store (later known as the Town Square Theater) in Main Street’s Town Square at the Magic Kingdom in Florida.
Until he turned 83 years old, he sat behind an animator’s desk interacting with guests. Originally, the job was to promote the opening of the Disney-MGM Studios with its new animation studio, but Holt proved so popular and beloved that he remained there for seven years, working limited hours five days a week.
During that time, many a Disney fan would delight in getting an 8″ x 11″ photostatic drawing done by Harry. The pencil drawings were of Peter Pan battling Captain Hook, Lady and the Tramp dining out, Snow White dancing with the Seven Dwarfs, Bambi surrounded by his friends, Cinderella, Pinocchio or even Ariel.
Harry would sketch in some additional details that he had intentionally omitted as he chatted with the guests and then signed and dated the drawing in the bottom right corner. Most guests had no idea that he was not just another friendly, elderly “Disney show artist,” but was an animator who had a rich and varied career at Disney and elsewhere.