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Valentina page by Crepax

Artist: Guido Crepax (All)

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Title:	Valentina page by Crepax
Artist:	Guido Crepax (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Splash Page
For Sale Status:	6500
Views:	388
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	1
Added to Site:	9/17/2021
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Description

Below is the description from my regular CAF posting. 14 x 20 inches on heavy board.

This is my fourth Crepax and I am finally willing to admit there is a problem here, I am addicted to his art and design. I can explain one or two piece but the third and forth piece just a few months apart...there was some serious jonesing going on. On having opened the package this piece came in and first viewing it in person I was already thinking I could use another 3 or 4 of these...it is time for an intervention.
I have written quite a bit about Crepax in the description of my two Valentina pages and so I won't bore you with repeating all the things I have previously gushed over when it comes to Crepax. I got this page from a Parisian gallery that was doing a Crepax show. Up until this show (and a recent one at Scott Eder's gallery), it was very difficult to find Crepax art for sale and it is not inexpensive. It was rare and you took what you could get and I had been fortunate to have found some pages I was very fond of and captured a lot of what I look for in Crepax. The one thing that was missing was the panel design that Crepax pioneered. It is something not well represented in the previous piece I had and so there was still something missing from my collection and perhaps that niche is now filled. As much as I love the surreal and impressionistic elongated figures and images Crepax creates, I think it is his layouts and designs that show his true genius. I had hesitantly asked Chris Ware if Crepax was an influence on his panel design and layouts and it was without hesitation he endorsed that theory and commented on what an innovator he was. In addition to the use of varying panel designs and layouts, Crepax created characters out of body parts. In particular the eyes, hair and mouths of the players could be seen as individual characters.

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	Jeff Singh ( 7 ) Premium Gallery Owner
Joined:	November 2004
Last Login:	September 2025
Website:	http://www.art4comics.com
Country:	CANADA
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Paolo Recano
Member Since 2007

Posted on 9/18/2021

Many compliments, Jeff, for this great addiction of Crepax art. This page has been in my collection for many years!

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