GIRAUD - Lot 73

GIRAUD JEAN GIRAUD Blueberry's, Stardom 1997 Portrait of Blueberry, original illustration published reversed in the book and signed Moebius. Watercolor and colored pencil on paper 25 × 32.5 cm (9.84 × 12.8 in.) Beautiful portrait of Blueberry by Moebius. Moebius, not Giraud, who, as everyone knows, is one and the same. The chiselled profile of "Nez Cassé" is clearly recognizable, drawn realistically, even academically, as in the comic strips of the saga created by Jean-Michel Charlier. But why does he sign Moebius, then? Because this drawing reveals a freedom of line, an artistic touch at odds with the usual realism of the albums, and more in keeping with the "other himself" we read about in Les Mondes d'Edena, Major Fatal or L'Incal.