Georges Pichard: French Master of Erotic Comics
Thursday 08 May 2025, 11:00 AM • Rome
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Auction details
Advertiser, illustrator, first comic author, Georges Pichard made his debut as a cartoonist in the mid-1950s. His fame, however, is linked to erotic drawing, of which he is a world-celebrated master: initially his signature trait is the carefree sensuality of his female characters, undeniably inspired by the model of the young Brigitte Bardot. The BDSM turn of his works, which from 1977 onwards would take on almost “hard” traits, created quite a few problems for him with French censorship, leading him, however, to create a real new genre with characters that have remained in the collective imagination such as Paulette and Blanche Épiphanie.
With visually extreme plates, which would seem to lead to inevitable female degradation, Pichard was actually erected as a symbol of French feminism of those years, as with his works, he challenged the bourgeois morality and the most vicious machismo of the time.
The auction will be preceded by an exhibition in Rome, to offer collectors a chance to carefully examine all the lots, presented and enhanced by the splendid setting of our exhibition venue.
ADDRESS
Rome / Via Quattro Novembre, 114
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For all enquires:
fumetti@finarte.it
+39 06 6791107
SESSION
Exhibition
8-9 Mayfrom 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Rome / Via Quattro Novembre, 114
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All lots will still be visible during the auction.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The Buyer's Premium calculated on the hammer price is 20% up to € 50,000 and 17% over € 50,000.
Conditions of Sale
Finarte consolidates and renews its collaboration with Urania Casa d’Aste by preparing in synergy the next auction dedicated entirely to the original Tables and Illustrations by the great masters of comics.
The sale will take place in October in the prestigious Roman headquarters of Finarte, for which our experts are selecting works from the early 1900s to today, ranging from Disney tables to superheroes Made in USA, from great international masters to erotic tables, from illustrations of the early twentieth century to the cinematographic sketches.
The works will be presented in the catalog with an accurate historical-critical filing, which tends to present and enhance the individual lots in the best possible way to ensure their visibility and the best sales result. The auction will be preceded by an exhibition in Rome, to offer collectors the opportunity to carefully examine all the lots, presented and enhanced by the splendid setting of our exhibition site.