Francq - Lot 121

Francq PHILIPPE FRANCQ LARGO WINCH O.P.A. (T.3), Dupuis 1992 Original plate no. 42. India ink and blue pencil on paper 36.5 × 51 cm (14.37 × 20.08 in.) This is a key plate from the first album of Largo Winch's second diptych, O.P.A.. The young impetuous has just arrived at the head of the company. With his good looks, wild hair and blue jeans, the businessmen on his board don't seriously think he'll continue to run the company. "Let him enjoy his money and the girls chasing him, and we'll take care of the rest..." they think. There's a takeover bid in progress, it's technical. All these good cigar financiers explain the business to him with an affected and slightly contemptuous pedagogy. But he's the one who decides. Francq and Van Hamme's art is to transform this seemingly boring scene into an exciting moment of suspense. Everyone looks at him," comments Jean Van Hamme. He's the one making the decision. And in his head, it's all spinning.... And then comes the conclusion: "Fenimore and I shook hands two days ago, just after escaping an attack together..." It's a perfect moment. I love that kind of situation. And Francq understood it very well, he did it very well."