MALLIÉ - Lot 10

MALLIÉ VINCENT MALLIÉ LA QUÊTE DE L'OISEAU DU TEMPS - BEFORE THE QUEST La Voie du Rige (T.3), Dargaud 2010 Original plate no. 66. Signed. India ink and white gouache on paper 37 × 50 cm (14.57 × 19.69 in.) "I've kept this plate for years, hesitating to put it up for sale whenever the opportunity arose. Today, I think the time is right. This single page sums up the whole universe of La Quête, with its strong characters like Bragon and the Rige, but above all this final panel, which alone contains the environment in which the whole story takes place. I've winked at some symbolic elements from the first cycle that weren't mentioned at all in the box description. It simply said "jungle view". I did it to please myself. There's the Sky Finger, three birds' eggs in a nest, reminiscent of the "Egg of Darkness", the moon... I drew this panel fifteen years ago and it's true that the shapes of the vines are typical of the way Loisel can do them. If I had to redraw it today, I don't know if it would be better, but it would certainly be different. I'd probably use a dry brush, which would lead me to do more sketchy shadow zones."