{"id":15897,"date":"2021-01-15T10:59:31","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T15:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=15897"},"modified":"2021-01-15T10:59:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T15:59:31","slug":"rare-tintin-painting-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=15897","title":{"rendered":"Rare Tintin painting sold"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An original painting by Belgian illustrator Herg\u00e9 has sold for a record \u20ac3.2m ($3.9m, \u00a32.8m).<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The illustration was painted using gouache, ink and watercolour and shows Tintin and his dog Snowy hiding in a porcelain jar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It was initially intended to serve as the cover for Herg\u00e9’s fifth book, The Blue Lotus, but was rejected due to reproduction costs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A simplified version of the illustration was later used instead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The painting was sold online by Parisian auction house Artcurial for a total of \u20ac2.6m plus fees. It had been expected to fetch between \u20ac2.2m and \u20ac2.8m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Thursday’s sale breaks the previous record for the sale of comic book art set by another Herg\u00e9 artwork in 2014. The two-page illustration, which dated back to 1937, sold for \u20ac2.65m including fees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Blue Lotus was first published in 1936 and sees Tintin travel to China during the 1931 Japanese invasion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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