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Walt Disney Art Classics - Chip and Dale - Out on a Limb
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The Story
Chip and Dale see a plentiful supply of acorns across the water, but they have to first get their comic adversary, Donald Duck.
The Artwork
This is a limited-edition sericel inspired by Scene 6 of Walt Disney's classic 1956 animated short Chips Ahoy. Chip and Dale (also referred to in print as "Chip 'n' Dale" and "Chip an' Dale") made their screen debut in the 1943 Pluto short Private Pluto. Donald Duck shorts director Jack Hannah saw the pair of mischievous rodents and thought they might make perfect foils for Donald Duck. In the past, other characters had been tried for this purpose - including Donald's nephews, Buzz Buzz and Bottle Beetle - but the additions of the two rascally chipmunks offered the story men more variety in situations, scale, and character behavior.
Animator Bill Justice worked to instill personality into the chipmunks, and to separate their identities. Chip became the sharp, more aggressive of the two, Dale (now with a red nose and separated front teeth) became a bit more (as author John Grant gently put it) "flutterwitted." Chip and Dale eventually appeared in more than 20 animated shorts, and were spun off into a highly successful television series, Chip 'n Dale's Rescue Rangers, in 1989.
About Bill Justice
Each piece in this edition has been signed by Disney Legend Bill Justice, who first supervised the development of the Chip and Dale characters. Justice began his Disney career in 1937, and received credit as an animator on many of the classic Disney animated features. He developed the personalities of such characters as Thumper, Chip and Dale, and directed acclaimed experimental animation, both traditional and stop-motion. He also contributed to the popular television show The Mickey Mouse Club.
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