A SALUTE TO THE IMAGINEERS NAME TAG PIN MARY BLAIR ARTIST PROOF ED 25! - RARE!

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A SALUTE TO THE IMAGINEERS NAME TAG PIN MARY BLAIR ARTIST PROOF ED 25! - RARE!
For That Special Disney History and Walt Disney Imagineers Collector!
You Are Bidding On A Rare Artist Proof Limited Edition Of Only 25 Pins “A Salute To The Imagineers” Name Tag Pin Issued In Conjunction With The 50th Anniversary Of Disney Imagineers. This Pin Salutes the achievements of Disney’s Imagineer MARY BLAIR
In 1941, she traveled with Walt Disney & other artists on a Good Neighbor Tour of South America. Blair was named Art Supervisor for The Three Caballeros and Saludos Amigos. This photo taken at Rio de Janeiro is of Mary and her husband, Lee Blair, who was also a Disney Artist.
Mary Blair’s work at the Walt Disney Studios in the 1940’s & 50’s was prolific. As a “Concept Artist”, Blair brought to life the ideas from the written words of a scipt, book or description. Walt Disney loved her art and championed it at the studio for her concepts & color stylings in Dumbo, Cinderella, Peter Pan and Alice In Wonderland.
In 1964, Disney agreed to create a pavilion for the World’s Fair in New York for UNICEF and PEPSI. Disney selected Mary Blair to design & create “It’s A Small World”. That attraction was purely Mary Blair in style & concept!
Mary Blair created many large murals for Disney Parks. her last mural was for Walt Disney World’s Opening in 1971 at Disney’s Contemporary Resort.
Her 90 foot centerpiece Mural for the Atrium of the Grand Canyon Concourse of the Contemporary Resort actually dwarfs the Disney Monorail Trains as they pass through the Contemporary Hotel!
Mary Blair was married to fellow Disney Artist Lee Blair and was the Sister-in-Law Preston Blair. Mary Blair passed away in 1978, however, the impact she left on Disney Films & Theme Parks endures.
This Rare Pin “A Salute To The Imagineers” is in excellent condition for being almost 20 YEARS OLD!
We are willing to work on the price for this item, therefore we have listed it as a BUY-IT-NOW item. You also have the opportunity to MAKE-AN-OFFER!
We have also been going through a large number of Disney Memorabilia boxes containing thousands of items that we have collected over the past 45 years! Take a look at our “OTHER ITEMS” and then mark our “Ebay Store” as one of your favorites. We will continue to add more Disney Memorabilia Items often!
DESCRIPTION
For That
Special
Disney
History
and
Walt
Disney
Imagineers
Collector!
You Are Bidding
On A Rare
Artist Proof
Limited
Edition
Of Only 25
Pins
A
Salute
To The
I
magineers
Name Tag
Pin
Issued In
Conjunction
With The
50th
Anniversary
Of
Disney
Imagineers
This
Pin Salutes
the
achievements
of
Disney
’
s Imagineer
MARY
BLAIR
There are 12 pins in the set.
The Pin Is Backstamped:
Disneyanna Salute
Artist Proof
ED 25
The Pin Measures
1 1/4
”
x 1 3/4"
Mary Blair
’
s work at the
Walt Disney Studios in the
1940
’
s & 50
’
s was prolific.
As a
“
Concept Artist
”
, Blair
brought to life the ideas
from the written words of a
scipt, book or description.
Walt Disney loved her art
and championed it at the
studio for her concepts
& color stylings in Dumbo,
Cinderella, Peter Pan and
Alice In Wonderland.
In 1941, she traveled with
Walt Disney & other artists
on a Good Neighbor Tour
of South America. Blair
was named Art Supervisor
for The Three Caballeros
and Saludos Amigos.
In 1964, Disney agreed to
create a pavilion for the
World
’
s Fair in New York
for UNICEF and PEPSI.  Disney
selected Mary Blair to design
& create
“
It
’
s
A Small World
”
.
That attraction was purely
Mary Blair in style & concept!
Mary Blair created many large
murals for Disney
Parks.
her last mural was for
Walt Disney World
’
s Opening in
1971 at Disney
’
s Contemporary
Resort.  Her 90 foot centerpiece
Mural for the Atrium of the
Grand Canyon Concourse of the
Contemporary
Resort actually
dwarfs the Disney Monorail
Trains as they pass through
the Contemporary Hotel!
Mary Blair was married to
fellow Disney Artist Lee Blair
and was the Sister-in-Law
Preston Blair.  Mary Blair
passed away in 1978, however,
the impact she left on Disney
Films &
Theme Parks
endures.
This Rare Pin
“
A Salute
To
The Imagineers
”
is in excellent condition
for being almost
20 YEARS OLD!
We are willing to work on the price for this item,
therefore we have listed it as a BUY-IT-NOW item.
You also have the opportunity to MAKE-AN-OFFER!
We have also been going through a large number
of Disney Memorabilia boxes containing thousands
of items
that we have collected over the past 45 years!
Take a look at our “OTHER ITEMS” and then mark
our “Ebay Store” as one of your favorites.
We will continue to add more
Disney Memorabilia Items often!
Please see our other listings for more
Disney Memorabilia and other interesting items.
We have been collecting Disney Memorabilia for 45 years.
We will be happy to offer a shipping and handling discount
on items that can be safely packaged together.
Email with any questions.
CONDITION
Used and sold "As-Is".
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_gsrx_vers_856 (GS 7.0.20 (856))