Pratt, Hugo - 1 Original page - Corto Maltese - La Jeunesse de Corto - 1981
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Original strip by Hugo Pratt titled La Jeunesse de Corto from 1981, a single item measuring 48 cm by 16 cm in Excellent condition.
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Without a doubt, all collectors of original drawings would be very proud to honorably display in their library a 'Strip' or an 'Original Board' from this remarkable album drawn by Hugo Pratt in 1981: 'The Youth of Corto Maltese'.
Since the original drawings of this album are rare on the market, very few collectors have realized the impressive size of these strips, each panel measuring 15 cm by 15 cm and thus over 45 cm by 15 cm for an entire strip, making framing very spectacular.
This album is very well known both in Italy and in the Francophone world for the following reasons:
- Pre-publication by individual strips in 1982 in Italy (review L’internauta: La Gionivezza) and in France in 1981 (Le Matin de Paris) and 1982 (A Suivre, Casterman).
Numerous publications in albums and reissues, both black and white and color, including illustrations found on the internet, are presented as documentation in this lot.
An exceptional meeting of Corto Maltese, Raspoutine, and Jack London to form a mythical trio in the entire history of European comics, exclusively in this Album.
This strip is quite evocative of the famous Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 and, above all, of the ambivalent atmosphere at the end of the war, which begins right from the first panel of this story, with Rasputin killing a Japanese soldier as the war's end is announced, and which will serve as the framework for the entire narrative...
Hugo Pratt had the intelligence to blend fictional characters, like Corto Maltese, with others more grounded in reality, such as Jack London, the American, and the Russian Raspoutine.
Large-format strip, quite exceptional, which reprises the subject of the very first strip of this album, with this superb battlefield scene.
Note that the presence of onomatopoeic words in two panels: BOOM, BOOM AND SRAPN, SRAPN, is a very striking graphic feature of this album and illustrates the atmosphere intended by PRATT for this battlefield scene.
This very decorative lot is highly attractive to an Italian or French collector. It will have the greatest effect when it is given a very beautiful framing that will enhance the prestige of a large collection.
Guaranteed 100% Authentic, this remarkable Hugo Pratt strip is a rare opportunity to enhance a collection of high-quality original drawings.
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Without a doubt, all collectors of original drawings would be very proud to honorably display in their library a 'Strip' or an 'Original Board' from this remarkable album drawn by Hugo Pratt in 1981: 'The Youth of Corto Maltese'.
Since the original drawings of this album are rare on the market, very few collectors have realized the impressive size of these strips, each panel measuring 15 cm by 15 cm and thus over 45 cm by 15 cm for an entire strip, making framing very spectacular.
This album is very well known both in Italy and in the Francophone world for the following reasons:
- Pre-publication by individual strips in 1982 in Italy (review L’internauta: La Gionivezza) and in France in 1981 (Le Matin de Paris) and 1982 (A Suivre, Casterman).
Numerous publications in albums and reissues, both black and white and color, including illustrations found on the internet, are presented as documentation in this lot.
An exceptional meeting of Corto Maltese, Raspoutine, and Jack London to form a mythical trio in the entire history of European comics, exclusively in this Album.
This strip is quite evocative of the famous Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 and, above all, of the ambivalent atmosphere at the end of the war, which begins right from the first panel of this story, with Rasputin killing a Japanese soldier as the war's end is announced, and which will serve as the framework for the entire narrative...
Hugo Pratt had the intelligence to blend fictional characters, like Corto Maltese, with others more grounded in reality, such as Jack London, the American, and the Russian Raspoutine.
Large-format strip, quite exceptional, which reprises the subject of the very first strip of this album, with this superb battlefield scene.
Note that the presence of onomatopoeic words in two panels: BOOM, BOOM AND SRAPN, SRAPN, is a very striking graphic feature of this album and illustrates the atmosphere intended by PRATT for this battlefield scene.
This very decorative lot is highly attractive to an Italian or French collector. It will have the greatest effect when it is given a very beautiful framing that will enhance the prestige of a large collection.
Guaranteed 100% Authentic, this remarkable Hugo Pratt strip is a rare opportunity to enhance a collection of high-quality original drawings.
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Details
Item
Original page
No. of items
1
Series
Corto Maltese
Condition
Excellent condition
Artist
Pratt, Hugo
Title of artwork
La Jeunesse de Corto
Year
1981
Width
48 cm
Height
16 cm
