VANCE - Lot 81

VANCE WILLIAM VANCE XIII Portfolio XIII - 8 Women, Champaka 1996 Original cover. Signed. Watercolor and gouache on artboard 40 × 54 cm (15.75 × 21.26 in.) Magnificent portrait of Major Jones' "Fur Lady", the amnesiac's guardian angel with the gray temple. William Vance was inspired by the physique of singer Whitney Houston. Commissioned by General Ben Carrington to protect his agent, this ace soldier, jet pilot and elite commando has a bit of a crush on the hero, which justifies her turning into a fury as soon as anyone gets near him and wants to do him in, which happens more than once in every album. Here, she appears in all her majesty, eminently seductive and sexy. The advertising-trained Vance knows how to render subject matter to perfection. With a few simple elements: a look, a luscious pout... XIII can't help but be seduced, and neither can we.