Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Charles M. Schulz: Peanuts Piano Dance

The first Peanuts Sunday strip was drawn by Charles M. Schulz early in 1952. Six years later, the original art seen here was produced:

Peanuts, February 16, 1958
Charles M. Schulz
Original art

The characters in the February 16, 1958 strip are Lucy, Schroeder, and Snoopy. Snoopy and Schroeder play a duet for violin and piano with Snoopy standing on the piano. As they play, the beagle breaks into his happy dance. Schulz produced any number of great strips. This one is a masterpiece.

Peanuts, February 16, 1958
Charles M. Schulz
Original art


The original art was sold at Heritage Auctions on August 4. I stopped by about a day before the sale to check on it. The online bidding was spirited, but the one could dream this superb comic strip was almost within reach.
Charles M. Schulz
Heritage Auction listing accessed April 2, 2024 one day before the auction


Charles M. Schulz
Heritage Auction item description

Sold!




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