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Bilal - Le Vaisseau de Pierre - P17 by Enki Bilal - Comic Strip
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Bilal - Le Vaisseau de Pierre - P17

Comic Strip
1976
Ink
47 x 37 cm (18.5 x 14.57 in.)
Case 1
Case 2
Case 3
Case 4
Cases 5 & 6
Cases 7 & 8
Partie Haute
Partie Basse
Planche Encadrée
Profil Cadre
Dos Cadre
Page Publiée

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I picked up this page from my friend Arnaud in Paris while on a trip there with the family. I am very happy to add a prime, early page by Bilal to my collection. It is made all the more special by the meeting of two collectors and a nice evening with wine, food and art.

In recent years I have only seen Bilal pages at auction and never for sale directly. This seems to be an understandable and common theme in artwork sales of top artists. It was nice to find a page actually for sale that I liked.

This one has some classic Bilal images and themes. On this page there are two classic Bilal constables talking about people turning into birds. Zoomorphism and Anthromorphism are both common elements in his work and style.


Réalisé en 1976.
Planche 17 du "Vaisseau de Pierre".
Dimensions : 37 x 47 cm.
Dimensions encadrement : 53 x 63 cm.
Signé en bas à droite.
Encadrement Professionnel: Alu brossé + verre Mirogard (Anti-reflet & anti-UV)

Bilal, Christin, une page de BD, ... une page d'histoire de la BD (Au coeur des Années Pilote)

Publication

  • Le vaisseau de pierre
  • Dargaud
  • 07/1976
  • Page 23

About Enki Bilal

Enki Bilal, the son of a Czech mother and a Bosnian father, spent the first nine years of his life in Belgrade, where the ghost of World War II still haunted everyday life. The Bilal family moved to Paris in 1961, where Enki Bilal was drawn to comics and cinema. He started at Pilote in 1972, making illustrations, covers and short stories. Three years later, Bilal met writer Pierre Christin, with whom he created several comics by combining comic strips with photos, including 'Légendes d'Aujourd'hui', 'La Croisière des Oubliés' and 'Partie de Chasse'. In 1980 he began his award-winning 'Nikopol-trilogy', including the books 'La Foire aux Immortels', 'La Femme Piège' and 'Froid Équateur'. Besides these comics activities, Enki Bilal started working in film, theater and opera. He created sets, costumes and posters for a theater play and worked on two feature films. Apart from these and other occupations, like photo retouching and glass painting, Bilal published 'Le Sommeil du Monstre', the first installment in his Hatzfeld tetralogy, in 1998. He published the last volume of this series about the the breakup of Yugoslavia from a future viewpoint, in 2007. Text (c) Lambiek

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JD An admirer of Bilal can not be bad! And these boards are of an incalable density!
Nov 22, 2016, 6:26 PM
psychonaute59 Really nice! Your description is perfect ;-)
Jul 21, 2015, 8:56 AM
fabcollection Thx Jeff. Happy to see this page joining such a fine Arts Collection.
Jul 14, 2015, 11:19 PM
RA Une periode de Bilal moins connue mais qui a contribue a creer l artiste que nous connaissons auj. Fan de ces planches tres travaillees.
Nov 26, 2013, 5:08 PM