Yslaire - Lot 216

Yslaire YSLAIRE SAMBER Faut-il que nous mourrions ensemble... (T.4), Glénat 1996 Original plate no. 33, final stage colored and inked. India ink and colored inks on paper 31 × 44 cm (12.2 × 17.32 in.) Bernard, haunted by the family curse and his forbidden love, sinks into madness, while pregnant Julie wanders between the desire to survive and loyalty to a doomed love. The fall of the monarchy, poverty and class struggle provide the backdrop for their sentimental and political drift. This scene is a key moment: Bernard, seized with fury and despair, leaves his sister Sarah, despite her pleas, to throw himself into the boiling street. The revolution has just begun... Bernard's red hair joins the red flag of insurrection, a metaphor for the passion that ignites and the blood that is about to be shed.