Tintin - 1 printing plate - 1930
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Hergé – Tintin au pays des Soviets, an early typographic metal printing plate (likely zinc) depicting the first frame of page 27 of Tintin au pays des Soviets, circa 1929–1930, dimensions about 8 × 8 cm, in Very Good condition with a slight loss of metal on the frame.
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Hergé – Tintin in the Land of the Soviets – Old printing typographic plate – approx. 1929
Rare metal printing plate representing the first panel of page 27 of Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, Tintin's very first adventure, published from 1929 in Le Petit Vingtième.
This piece directly testifies to the old printing techniques used at the end of the 1920s and early 1930s. The illustrations intended for the press were reproduced using metal clichés fixed on a typographic support before going to press.
The plate measures about 8 × 8 cm, a dimension also found on some old photographed clichés documented from Tintin in the Land of the Soviets.
Features:
Hergé – Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
Printing typographic plate/cliché
Dimensions: about 8 × 8 cm
Material: metal, probably zinc or a typographic alloy
Slight loss of metallic material on the printing plate, at the level of the frame of the plate visible in the photos
Hergé – Tintin in the Land of the Soviets – Old printing typographic plate – approx. 1929
Rare metal printing plate representing the first panel of page 27 of Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, Tintin's very first adventure, published from 1929 in Le Petit Vingtième.
This piece directly testifies to the old printing techniques used at the end of the 1920s and early 1930s. The illustrations intended for the press were reproduced using metal clichés fixed on a typographic support before going to press.
The plate measures about 8 × 8 cm, a dimension also found on some old photographed clichés documented from Tintin in the Land of the Soviets.
Features:
Hergé – Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
Printing typographic plate/cliché
Dimensions: about 8 × 8 cm
Material: metal, probably zinc or a typographic alloy
Slight loss of metallic material on the printing plate, at the level of the frame of the plate visible in the photos
Details
Item
printing plate
Number of objects
1
Artist
Herge
Year
1930
Material
Zinc
Series
Tintin
Condition
Very good
Dimensions
8×8×1 cm
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