Page 105 - Swann Galleries - 20th Century Illustration - Sale 2300 - January 24, 2013

197 ● CHARLES HOFFBAUER. Scene Sketches for “War and Peace.”
Pencil, pen and ink, and crayon on thin wove paper, comprising 15 panels on one sheet.
215x280 mm; 81/2x11 inches. Stamped signature lower right. Circa 1943. [700/1,000]
Hoffbauer escaped Nazi-Occupied France in 1941 and made his way to the US where he
began working as an animator for Walt Disney Studios. Soon thereafter, he approachedWalt
Disney with the idea of making an animated cartoon version of Tolstoy’s War and Peace,
offering to draw all the cels himself. Disney’s reported response was that animated cartoons
were children’s entertainment and not suitable for serious literature.These appear to be rare
preliminary sketches, as only finished drawings from his scuttled project have appeared at
auction previously.
198 ● WILL JAMES. Steer in the desert.
Pencil drawing of a lone steer staring at a cactus, surrounded by skeletons. Signed and
dated ‘39, lower left. [600/900]
199 ● BAYARD JONES. Two NewYork Churches.
Comprising:The Former Church of Christ, Scientist at 96th St. and Central ParkWest; and
Riverside Cathedral (Fosdick’s Church). Both pencil, chalk, and wash on illustration board.
Each approximately 370x265 mm; 141/2x101 /2 inches. Both signed with monogram lower
left. Margins yellowed from old matting not affecting images. Nd. [700/1,000]
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