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Histoire d'O page by Guido Crepax - Nudity warning! Not Work Safe

Artist: Guido Crepax (All)

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Histoire d'O page by Guido Crepax - Nudity warning! Not Work Safe Comic Art

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Title:	Histoire d'O page by Guido Crepax - Nudity warning! Not Work Safe
Artist:	Guido Crepax (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	6,332
Likes on CAF:	6 7
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	8
Added to Site:	11/28/2018
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Description

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.

This page is from the Story of O from 1973 which is a prime period for Crepax art.

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Oystein Sorensen
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 11/29/2018

Delicious and intricate. Very typical of Crepax in his prime.

Davide G.
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 11/29/2018

The best piece to date, in your growing Crepax collection! I'm sure the next one will be even better ;)

Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 11/29/2018

It is, indeed, intricate. It is also the sum of its parts and more than that as well. Cheers.

Damon Wright
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 11/29/2018

Beautiful, elegant storytelling, I can understand your addiction! :) Hope I don’t ever bump into you, homeless and mangy, just whispering to passersby...”Crepax, got any Crepax man...just a panel or two...all I need....please, man....” :)

CHRIS OLIVERIA
Member Since 2011

1 - Posted on 11/29/2018

Great one Jeff! And I really enjoyed your writing on this one!

Fabio C.
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 12/3/2018

whoa!

Paolo Recano
Member Since 2007

1 - Posted on 2/7/2019

Great addiction, Jeff. I love Crepax art!

Gio Scarp
Member Since 2011

1 - Posted on 12/5/2024

WOW!!!! Wow!

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