[Disney Studios]

Pen and ink and watercolor. Illustration for the Redbook Magazine, annotated on back as June 1933 but possibly unused.  Mickey and Minnie scaring Pluto and Horace Horsecollar with a dynamite… Measures 9 x 8-3/4 inches on larger paper.

Walter Elias Disney (1901–1966) was an American animator and film producer, pioneer in the American animation industry, entrepreneur and creator of Disney Studios and theme parks. Mickey Mouse debuted in 1928 with the animated cartoon Steamboat Willie, as did Minnie (Minerva) Mouse), while Pluto appeared in 1930, Horace Horsecollar was a character created as one of Mickey’s friends by Ub Iwerks and Disney about 1929.