Friday, November 15, 2013

Hergé & Tintin original artwork II.

More beautiful original artwork by Hergé is presented this week at auction house 'Artcurial' in Paris, where an immense collection of classic comic artwork is being sold on November 16th. Have a look at these incredible pieces by Hergé below:

Dated August 7, 1971, Hergé's amazing original sketches of page 45 and 46 from 'Flight 714', Tintin's 22th adventure, published between 1966 and 1967 in 'Tintin' magazine. Estimated price for both is € 200.000,- 

Hergé, tintin, Flight 714, sketch, original

Hergé, tintin, Flight 714, sketch, original

For comparison, I put a scan below of the same two pages as they appear in the English translation of 'Flight 714':

Hergé, tintin, Flight 714

Below is page 7B from 'The Castafiore Emerald', the 21st book published weekly between 1961-1962 in Tintin magazine. This half page is estimated at € 50.000 Euros. Again, for reference purposes, I posted the page as it was published in the English translated version below left. As you can see, a lot could change after Hergé had finished sketching his page, as the published version contains many more images, and spreads the story a little more beyond the upper half.

Hergé, tintin, The Castafiore Emerald, sketch, original

Below is a fragment that is left of page 46 from the same book, 'The Castafiore Emerald', with a pricetag of € 15.000 Euros. Again, check for the differences between the sketched page and the published version (reference below right).
Hergé, tintin, The Castafiore Emerald, sketch, original
Hergé, tintin, The Castafiore Emerald

Below, the only part left of the the 174th strip from 'The Secret of the Unicorn', which was published in newspaper 'Le Soir' on January 14, 1943. Very rare, as it doesn't appear in the published comic book today. If you have € 5000,- Euros you can kiss it all day long.

Hergé, tintin, The Secret of the Unicorn, original artwork

An original inked illustration by Hergé from 1976 for the occasion of the prepublication of 'Tintin and the Picaros' in the Danish magazine 'Billed Bladet'. It appeared on the cover on February 27, 1976. In the magazine, Hergé can be seen signing this cover illustration. 

Hergé, tintin, original artwork

A publicity drawing done for 'Publiart' in the 1970's and used for 'Salik Jeans'. Yes, I've never heard of them either. But apparently, they were popular in France back then. It is likely that this was done by Studio employees. Below is an original drawing of Professor Calculus.

Studio Hergé, tintin, original artwork

Hergé, tintin, Professor Calculus, original artwork




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