View Guido Crepax’s artworks on artnet. Learn about the artist and find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Featuring Crepax's sophisticated art and lively renditions of Rider-Waite-Smith imagery, Valentina Tarot invites you to join Valentina as she interacts with the major and minor arcana. These lovely illustrations portray dream-like storytelling and fascinating characters, all wrapped up in a deck that's as wise as it is entertaining. Guido Crepax was born on July 15, 1933 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy as Guido Crepas. He was a writer, known for I Am What I Am(1967), Valentina(1989) and Baba Yaga(1973). He was married to Luisa Mandelli. He died on July 30, 2003 in Milan. Jan 23, 2017 Guido Crepax Valentina Graphic Novel Collection opensource. Graphic Novel Valentina Addeddate 2017-01-23 03:29:03 Identifier 185512201GuidoCrepaxValentina Identifier-ark.
An elegant, sophisticated erotic dream for men, a symbol of independence, fascination and seduction for women, Valentina is the star of a large 'anarchic and emotiona' exhibition in Rome (30 May-30 September, Palazzo Incontro).
The comprehensive show, curated by Archivio Crepax and Vincenzo Mollica, puts the spotlight on a figure who’s been called one of the most complex and sensual women in Italian comics– and justly so. It follows her from her origins in the mid-60s to her latest incarnations.
Over time, we’ve got to know everything about her, from the details of her identity card (Valentina Rosselli; born Milan 25 December 1942, resident at 45, Via de Amicis, single, 1.73m in height, black hair, pale eyes, no distinguishing features) to the sources that inspired the artist Guido Crepax when he set out to create Valentina (they include the actress Louise Brooks) as well as intimate moments from her life, such as the birth of her son Mattia in 1970.
With her famous black bob and camera (which she takes everywhere), Valentina is a sensual Milanese photographer with a cat-like figure that – as an independent woman – she shows off without too many inhibitions. A character perpetually balanced between imagination and reality, our heroine has never hidden her neuroses, her excesses and her obsessions, as well as the fact that she’s often the victim of nightmares and hallucinations, features that have become the lifeblood of the development of her comic book stories.
The exhibition immerses visitors in her world: it’s the complete Valentina experience and doesn’t spare coups de théâtre or the more fun, entertaining side of the character. Life-size silhouettes of Valentina guide us through the many themed sections: Valentina’s origins, her relationship to her time (fashion, photography and advertising), the cities that have been the backdrop to her adventures (New York, Paris, Prague, Berlin, among others). Then there are sections on the more dreamy and hallucinatory aspects of the comic, as well on the relationship of the character to music, cinema and literature. Plus there are over 120 original artworks selected from the 2600 that Crepax made featuring her.
Her creator died in 2003 and the exhibition includes a large section recreating both the real and the imaginary sides of his studio. There are his sources of inspiration, extensive documentary material and a range of filmed interviews with both Crepax and with major artists and critics talking about his work.
Valentina Movie
22, Via dei Prefetti, Palazzo Incontro, Rome
30 May – 30 September 2012
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Scott Eder Gallery is incredibly excited to bring the art of Guido Crepax (Milan, 1933-2003) to the United States for the very first time. Though for many years out of print in English, Italy’s Crepax and his female creation, Valentina, are widely known and beloved in European comics.
Seamlessly weaving eroticism, fashion, music and film, Crepax began his comics career in the early 1960s, as the Italian art and comics world moved away from censorship and modesty and towards the expression of sexual freedom. Despite a degree in architecture, Crepax's earliest jobs were in graphics and advertising, from magazines, book design, and album illustrations, to stage sets and consumer design.
But Crepax is best known for his comic book heroine, Valentina, based on his fascination with silent screen star Louise Brooks. Though she was created in 1965, Valentina has an “actual” birthdate -- December, 25, 1942 – and ages throughout her life on the page, in Crepax's characteristic kinetic and cinematic panel stylings. Strong and independent, yet sensual, Valentina works as a fashion photographer in Milan, though for the reader she lives somewhere between reality and fantasy, often succumbing to erotic and surrealist dreams and visions.
Valentina stories have been printed and reprinted throughout the decades, though they can be frustratingly hard to find in English. Crepax's later creations, starring erotic heroines such as Anita, Belinda, Bianca... and his monster stories involving Frankenstein, Dracula, and Jekyll and Hyde are still more elusive here in the States, making the Scott Eder Gallery's exhibition incredibly significant. More than fifty pages of seminal Crepax illustrations from Valentina --and from most of his major books-- will be on display through April 22nd.
All images below can be enlarged with complete information. [Contact gallery for availability and pricing]
Originals are all fully FRAMED and the majority are 14.75 x 20' [cm 36 x 51], pen and ink on cardstock, unless otherwise stated.
Creation date listed if notably distinct from publication date.
Guido Crepax Valentina Pdf
Conte Dracula | 1983 | First published in <i>Conte Dracula</i>, Milano Libri Edizioni, 1987 [published in US by NBM, 1995] | $ 8,500 originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1431width 1032orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Dracula, 1983Conte Dracula | 1983 | First published in <i>Conte Dracula</i>, Milano Libri Edizioni, 1987 [published in US by NBM, 1995] | $8,500 originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1434width 1026orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Dracula, 1983Conte Dracula | 1983 | First published in <i>Conte Dracula</i>, Milano Libri Edizioni, 1987 [published in US by NBM, 1995] | $ 8,500originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1436width 1032orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Dracula, 1983Conte Dracula | 1983 | First published in <i>'Conte Dracula</i>, Milano Libri Edizioni, 1987 [published in US by NBM, 1995] | $8,500originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1434width 1026orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Frankenstein Cover, 1999Frankenstein di Mary Shelley; Cover | 1999 | First published in <i>Frankenstein</i>, Grifo Edizioni, Grumo Nevano, 2002 | $18,000originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1413width 985orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Frankenstein, 1999Frankenstein di Mary Shelley | 1999 | First published in <i>Frankenstein</i>, Grifo Edizioni, Grumo Nevano, 2002 | $10,500originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1423
width 1028orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Frankenstein, 1999Frankenstein di Mary Shelley | 1999 | First published in <i>Frankenstein</i>, Grifo Edizioni, Grumo Nevano, 2002 | $ 9,500originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1418width 1029orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Frankenstein, 1999Frankenstein di Mary Shelley | 1999 | First published in <i>Frankenstein</i>, Grifo Edizioni, Grumo Nevano, 2002 | $ 8,500originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1417width 1028orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 L’Uomo di Harlem , 1978L’Uomo di Harlem | 1978 | FIrst published in the series <i>Un Uomo, Un’avventura</i> by Bonelli Editore, Milano, 1979 [published in US by Catalan Communications, NY, 1987] | $8,500originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1439
width 1033orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 L’Uomo di Harlem , 1978L’Uomo di Harlem | 1978 | FIrst published in the series <i>Un Uomo, Un’avventura</i> by Bonelli Editore, Milano, 1979 [published in US by Catalan Communications, NY, 1987] | $8,500originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1437width
1027orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Il Sogno della Moda, 1988Il Sogno della Moda |1988 | Colored pen and ink on paper | First published in the weekly <i>Espresso Più</i>, by Editoriale L’Espresso, Rome, 1988 | $18,000originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1429width 1010orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Valentina: La Discesa, 1966Valentina: La Discesa | 1966 | First published in <i>Valentina in Giallo</i> by Milano Libri Editore, 1976 | $9,500originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1432width 1027orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 L’Astronave Pirata, 1967L’Astronave Pirata | 1967 | First published by Rizzoli Editore, Milan, 1968 | $9,500originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1435width 1026orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 L’Astronave Pirata, 1967L’Astronave Pirata | 1967 | First published by Rizzoli Editore, Milan, 1968 | $9,500 originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1428width 1026orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Un Poco LocoUn Poco Loco | 1966 | First published in 'Valentina in Giallo' by Milano Libri Editore, 1976 | $ NO PRICEoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1433width 1027orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Un Poco LocoUn Poco Loco | 1966 | First published in 'Valentina in Giallo' by Milano Libri Editore, 1976 | $ 8500eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1436width 1030orientationCrepax Valentina
1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Lettere a Louise BrooksLettere a Louise Brooks; 1 page story | 1976 | First published in 'Le Portrait Fragmenté,' Aedena Editions, Dargaud, Paris, 1986 | $ 9000eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1438width 1028orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 NOTHING ... 1983?originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1434width 1030orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 NOTHINGoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1433width 1029orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 NessunoNessuno | 1988 | First published by Rizzoli Milano Libri, 1990 | $ 8500eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMValentina Crepax Morta
height 1435width 1032orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 NessunoNessuno | 1988 | First published by Rizzoli Milano Libri, 1990 | $ 8500eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1433width 1033orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Funny Valentine: New OrleansFunny Valentine: New Orleans Function [1] | 1967 | First published in 'Ritratto di Valentina' by Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1979 | $ 8500eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1437width 1012orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Funny Valentine: New OrleansFunny Valentine: New Orleans Function [2] | 1967 | First published in 'Ritratto di Valentina' by Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1979 | $ 8500eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1435width 1022orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Ciao ValentinaCiao Valentina | 1966 | 'I libri di Linus: Ciao Valentina,' Milano Libri Edizioni, 1972 | First American Ed: 'Valentina, Volume 1' [Eurotica, NBM Publishing Co, New York, 1994] | $ 8500eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1431width 1028orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Ciao ValentinaCiao Valentina | 1966 | 'I libri di Linus: Ciao Valentina,' Milano Libri Edizioni, 1972 | First American Ed: 'Valentina, Volume 1' [Eurotica, NBM Publishing Co, New York, 1994] | $ 8500eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1435width 1028orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Ciao ValentinaCiao Valentina | 1966 | 'I libri di Linus: Ciao Valentina,' Milano Libri Edizioni, 1972 | First American Ed: 'Valentina, Volume 1' [Eurotica, NBM Publishing Co, New York, 1994] | $ 8500eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1435width 1032orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Ciao ValentinaCiao Valentina | 1966 | 'I libri di Linus: Ciao Valentina,' Milano Libri Edizioni, 1972 | First American Ed: 'Valentina, Volume 1' [Eurotica, NBM Publishing Co, New York, 1994] | $ 8500eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1434width 1028orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 RiflessoRiflesso (COVER? pg 1?) | 1974 | FIrst published in 'Diario di Valentina,' Milano Libri Edizioni, 1975 [First published in US in 'Heavy Metal,' 1980] | $ 9000eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1435width 1031orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 RiflessoRiflesso| 1974 | FIrst published in 'Diario di Valentina,' Milano Libri Edizioni, 1975 [First published in US in 'Heavy Metal,' 1980] | $ 8500eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1434width 1027orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Valentina, I SotterraneiValentina, I Sotterranei, 'Gli Ussari della Morte' [intro story], page 10 | 1968 | First published in 'Valentina' by Milano Libri Edizioni, 1968 | $ unpricedoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1438width 1031orientation 1Valentina Crepax Taglio Capelli
camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Valentina, I SotterraneiValentina, I sotterranei | 1968 | First published in 'Valentina' by Milano Libri Edizioni, 1968 | $ 8500eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1431width 1034orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Valentina, I SotterraneiValentina, I sotterranei | 1968 | First published in 'Valentina' by Milano Libri Edizioni, 1968 | $ 9000eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1438width 1032orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 U, Come UomoU, Come Uomo | 1970 | First published in 'Ritratto di Valentina' by Milano Libri Edizioni, 1979 | $ 7500eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1429width 1030orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 UU, Prologue | 1975 | First published in 'Ritratto di Valentina' by Milano Libri Edizioni, 1979 | $ 7500eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1430width 1035orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Alla Ricerca dei Vestiti Perduti di KriziaAlla Ricerca dei Vestiti Perduti di Krizia [Valentina] | 1995 | First published in 'Krizia' by Leonardo Arte Editore, Milano, 1995 | $ 8500eurooriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1434width 1014orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Valentina IntrepidaValentina Intrepida | 1972 | First published in <i>Diario di Valentina</i> Milano Libri Edizioni, 1975 | $ 8500 eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1433width 1031orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Valentina IntrepidaValentina Intrepida | 1972 | First published in <i>Diario di Valentina</i> Milano Libri Edizioni, 1975 | $ 9000 eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1433width 1019orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Valentina: Vita PrivataValentina: Vita Privata | 1975 | First published in <i>Diario di Valentina</i> by Milano Libri Edizioni, 1975 | $ 8500eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1439width 1017orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Valentina: Vita PrivataValentina: Vita Privata | 1975 | First published in <i>Diario di Valentina</i> by Milano Libri Edizioni, 1975 | $ 8500eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1434width 1010
orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Valentina: Vita PrivataValentina: Vita Privata | 1975 | First published in 'Diario di Valentina' by Milano Libri Edizioni, 1975 | $ 8500eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1439width 1014orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Valentina: Vita PrivataValentina: Vita Privata | 1975 | First published in <i>Diario di Valentina</i> by Milano Libri Edizioni, 1975 | $ 8500eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1433width 1011orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Anita, cover (front)Anita in Diretta, Cover | 1988 | First Italian edition: Olympia Press, Milan, 1988 [1st US edition: NBM, 1991] | $ originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 620width 500orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Anita, cover (reverse)??originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 615width 500orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 This site ©2021
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