GABRIELLE VINCENT ERNEST AND CELESTINE Noël... - Lot 44 - Daniel Maghen Enchères et Expertises

GABRIELLE VINCENT ERNEST AND CELESTINE Noël chez Ernest et Célestine, Éditions Duculot 1983 Un Noël en musique, original illustration for the title page. Watercolor on paper 27 × 19 cm (10.63 × 7.48 in.) The mice are still out of breath or excited from the frantic dance they've just done around Ernest, who accompanied them on the violin, but they settle down for a quiet moment, almost hypnotized and ready to hear Ernest's childhood stories. This is the title page of the album, and Gabrielle Vincent delivers the quintessence of her delicate atmosphere: a reduced chromatic range, concentrated around Ernest's Santa Claus suit, declined on the mice's costumes, with a few points of relief and this incredible gradation of whites.