REISER - Lot 124

REISER REISER Vive les vacances ! Éditions Du Square 1979 Original cover. The drawing is affixed to the backing. Watercolor and felt pen on paper 24 × 32 cm (9.45 × 12.6 in.) Reiser was one of Franquin's favorite cartoonists: his ability to achieve the ultimate in humor with a simple, expressive stroke, to the point of excess, sometimes outrageousness, without it being truly shocking, astounded Franquin, who, despite his genius, was not at all easy to draw, and whose humor was bound up in the conservative Catholic straitjacket of the Journal de Spirou. And in fact, while most book covers are an opportunity for the artist to produce a polished, elaborate drawing, more "artistic" than usual, Reiser retained the spontaneity of the sketch, his drawing literally "laughing", oozing pleasure. The result? A drawing that packs a punch!