Description

Hugo Pratt ‘Corto Maltese’ Drawing

DETAILS

Charismatic and mysterious drawing in black Chinese ink with water coloring finishing.
Famous portrait of the world travelling captain Corto Maltese.
On semi-heavy drawing paper from book – signed (monogram) but not dated.

✓ Size: 40 x 30cm
✓ In mint condition

INFO ON HUGO PRATT

Hugo Eugenio Pratt (June 15, 1927 – August 20, 1995) was an Italian comic book creator who was known for combining strong storytelling with extensive historical research on works such as Corto Maltese.

He was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2005.

In 1967, Pratt met Florenzo Ivaldi, and with him created a comics magazine named after his character, Sgt. Kirk, the hero first written by Héctor Oesterheld.

In the first issue, Pratt’s most famous story was published: Una ballata del mare salato (A Ballad of the Salt Sea), which introduced his best known character, Corto Maltese.

Many of his stories are placed in real historical eras and deal with real events.

Pratt did exhaustive research for factual and visual details, and some characters are real historical figures.

Many of the minor characters cross over into other stories in a way that places all of Pratt’s stories into the same continuum.

From 1970 to 1984, Pratt lived mainly in France where Corto Maltese, a psychologically very complex character resulting from the travel experiences and the endless inventive capacity of his author, became the main character of a comics series. Initially published from 1970 to 1973 by the magazine Pif gadget, it brought him much popular and critical success.

Later published in album format, this series was eventually translated into fifteen languages.