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A colorful, decorative piece of art with a gold background, outlined with multicolored dots and squares, featuring beige and white text reading 'Sleeping Beauty' in a stylized, cursive font.

Sleeping Beauty in NYC

by Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank

If you are a fan of Disney animation, Disney history, or Art History, you'll enjoy this short guide to the art that influenced the artists who created the Disney classic, Sleeping Beauty (1959). This guide focuses primarily on art that can be seen in New York City museums, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters, the Morgan library, and even the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).