Lot Details & Additional Photographs
With ink inscription by the cartoon's creator to the top left corner reading, "Thanks, Kay, for the swell recording of the WOODY WOODPECKER SONG. Walter Lantz." Presented in a contemporary white frame with white matting.
SS 8.5 x 11.5; DOA 15.25 x 17.25
From the Estate of Kay and Georgia Kyser, Chapel Hill, NC
Big band leader Kay Kyser recorded the beloved Woody Woodpecker theme song in 1948. This token of appreciation from Lantz to Kyser is certainly an important piece of mid-century animation history.
With color loss.
$200 - 400