Dali and Disney
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (CNN
& Associated Press, 2000) -- Roy Disney said
he had heard the myths at Walt Disney Co. for a long time --
that Salvador Dali's artworks from a long-forgotten project
were somewhere in the studio's archives.
It turned out not to be a myth.
The surrealist master had worked with Disney's uncle, Walt
Disney, from 1945-46, producing seven paintings and hundreds
of ink drawings for an animated film that never got made, Disney
said.
The artwork -- which Disney valued at $5 million to $10 million
-- sat in the studio unseen by the public for 58 years. That
is, until now.
Disney said the company lent about a dozen Dali pieces to a
traveling exhibit in Europe, one of several celebrating the
100th anniversary of Dali's birth on May 11, 1904. Dali died
in 1989.
"It is truly the only Dali stuff in the world that was
never seen up until this year," Disney said in an interview
with The Associated Press.
Disney, 74, spoke of his discovery while in Albuquerque, where
he attended a gala opening of the Roy E. Disney Center for Performing
Arts at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.
On Sunday, he attended a showing of the animated short film
"Destino" at one of three new theaters in the complex.
The short film was the product of the artwork Dali completed
at the Disney studios over nine months. The film was nominated
for an Academy Award this spring.
