Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Below: art by John Hubley.

This just in from Pete Merolo:
[Didier,
Happy New Year.

I thought you'd find this interesting.

I understand an article about this story is appearing in the New York Post over this weekend.

Take care,
Pete]
Those two stunning pieces of art had been stolen on March 3, 1991 from the Museum of Cartoon Art in the Village of Rye Brook and were recovered on October 30, 2007 outside Hollywood, Florida.
Pete Merolo bought the pieces from the insurance company that became their legal owner after they were recovered by the police.

2 comments:

Amid said...

The top piece might be by Stan Spohn. I remember seeing a similar piece by him, or maybe it was this same piece.

Anonymous said...

Yes, you are correct. Stan Spohn is my great uncle and lives in Carmet CA. I visited with him in Jan. 2007 and we watched the movie together. He informed me that this scene was one of his more famous works. He worked for Disney on four major cartoon movies. He recently celebrated his 93rd birthday. Uncle Stan - If you read this, I LOVE YOU...Linda