S.K. Collection - Lot 28

S.K. Collection CABU LE GRAND DUDUCHE "Passe ton Bac, then we'll see! (T.5), Éditions Du Rond-Point 1980 Original cover, accompanied by color indications in felt-tip on tracing paper. tracing paper. Signed. India ink, grease pencil and white gouache on paper 25 × 30.9 cm (9.84 × 12.17 in.) Cabu was the leading figure at Charlie Hebdo. He was murdered along with his comrades on January 7, 2015 during a shootout by some humorless low-life Islamists. This drawing sums up the artist's career, between the high-schooler Le Grand Duduche created for Pilote and his press cartoons. Goscinny said of him: "When Cabu came to see me, with his slightly gauche attitude of a potache asked to report to the principal's office, I thought we were well on the way to a session of: "You're not lacking in aptitude for this profession, however...". But when I saw the first drawing he took out of his box, I knew right away that this was a designer to be remembered."