Lot 94
  • 94

Hergé (1907-1983) Tintin, le sceptre d'Ottokar

Estimate
600,000 - 800,000 EUR
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Description

  • Hergé (1907-1983)
  • Encre de Chine sur papier
  • 40 x 60 cm (papier), 15.7 x 23.6 in (paper) ; 31,5 x 47 cm (dessin), 12.4 x 18.5 in (drawing)
  • ©Hergé / Moulinsart 2015
Planches 95 et 96 - Le Petit Vingtième - 6 juillet 1939
(Casterman - 1939)
Certificat d’authenticité de la Fondation Hergé

Parue dans Le Petit Vingtième en 1939, une double planche exceptionnelle du Sceptre d’Ottokar, peu chargée de texte. Hergé joue avec le trait régulier de la ligne claire, le bleu de l’aquarelle ajoutant sa magie à l’ensemble. Chaque case est une composition parfaite, en résonance avec les autres. Regardez les diagonales : la double page est presque construite en V inversé. Les faisceaux de projecteurs semblent poursuivre leur course d’un dessin à l’autre, tout comme les tirs de canon. Les cases à la composition horizontale valorisent l’impression de chute vertigineuse de l’avion qui descend en piqué avec Tintin et Milou à bord. Une démonstration de ce que la ligne claire peut transmettre comme émotions et comme sensations.

Condition

Les quatre coins ont 3 perforations d'agrafe ou punaise, très loin de la zone de dessin. Sinon très bon état.
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Catalogue Note

Published in Le Petit Vingtième in 1939, an exceptional double-page spread from King Ottokar's Sceptre, with relatively little text. Hergé plays with the regularity of the Clear Line style, adding the magic of his blue watercolour to the whole. Each panel is a perfect composition, resonating with the others. Look at the diagonals: this spread is almost constructed as an inverted V. The searchlight beams seem to continue their paths from one drawing to another, like cannon fire. The horizontally composed frames add to the impression of the plummeting, swooping plane with Tintin and Snowy on board. A demonstration of the emotions and sensations which the Clear Line can convey.