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DUCKS FAMILY - BLACK (1990's)

Artist: Carl Barks (All)

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Final painting, completed probably around 1996

Cover for the original story, published in 1948

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Title:	DUCKS FAMILY - BLACK (1990's)
Artist:	Carl Barks (All)
Media Type:	Pencil
Art Type:	Prelim
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,626
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	8/3/2009
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Description

When I received these light and frail pieces of vellum paper, I realized I had eventually found out what kind of stuff dreams are made of.

Duckburg, as drawn by Barks, is one of the earliest images of the outer world I recall from my childhood. As an adult, both traveling different countries and living in my own place, I have regretted quite often that the actual world was so completely different from anything I saw while looking at Barks comics when I was seven years old. I could stare at a Barks' city, or country, or landscape for much longer than I could have done with the drawings of any other artist. In his tiny panels he was able to really "open" a third dimension, in which you could get lost, and wander with your fantasy for hours.

Taking for granted that i couldn't be on drugs at such an early age, nowadays I think that there is only one reasonable explanation for that feeling: that Carl Barks in his comics was not depicting the actual world, but portraying heavens.

In the description of the other sketch feautured in this gallery (the 'blue' one) you can find some details about provenance and possible dates of these pieces.

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JC S
Member Since 2006

Posted on 6/3/2010

nice piece and sweet collection

Gianluca Bellisario
Member Since 2006

Posted on 4/28/2013

Love Uncle Scrooge face on this! So funny...

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