More eye-grabbing logo concepts for Walt Disney's proposed ski resort in California's Mineral King Valley. Early 1960s.
These miniature works of art (the artist is unknown by me) were done with colored pencils, crayons, and gouache on pieces of white paper mounted onto matte board. The 40 year-old contact cement appears to have absorbed into the paper on some of them, leaving a yellowish patina.
Despite their obvious historical significance, the originals were sold off to the public through Disney's online auctions in 2006. I wasn't able to buy any of them unfortunately, but I'm very grateful for these incredible jpegs to share and enjoy.
These are amazing, it kills me that the studio sells stuff like this. I guess they're happy with a digital scan...
ReplyDeleteI never knew that the Mineral King resort was going to be called "Sky Crown"!
"Sky Crown" way news to me also! These are historic, why would Disney Co sell them? Hey, they are probably in better care now that they are in private hands....
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this lost slice of Walt History...