Lot n° 5
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MALLIÉ - Lot 5
MALLIÉ
VINCENT MALLIÉ
TÉNÉBREUSE
Livre Second (T.2), Dupuis 2022
Original cover. Signed.
Watercolor, India ink and gouache on paper
61 × 46 cm (24.02 × 18.11 in.)
"The composition of this cover illustration for the second volume is a response to that of the first. Arzhur, pensive, looks at the tip of his sword, around which red butterflies flutter, symbolizing the lost Islen. You should know that Ténébreuse comes from a drawing I did in a notebook, just for fun, depicting a young girl with a crown of butterflies. The drawing was in black and white, and I simply added a touch of red on the butterflies. When Hubert saw it, he was immediately inspired, because it was a visual element that allowed him to symbolize his mother's hold over Islen. Finally, here, they represent the soul of the young girl who died at the point of Arzhur's sword."
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