Guido CREPAX @ Scott Eder Gallery

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Brooklyn Paper writes about Crepax show

     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.

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Video HostingGuidoCrepaxAnita, una Storia | Cover, 1971Anita, Una Storia Possibile; wraparound cover to first Italian edition | 1971 | Edizioni Morgan, Milano, 1974 | $20,000originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1025width 1437orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Funny Valentine: April in Athens, 1967Funny Valentine: April in Athens [1-page story] | 1967 | First published in Ritratto di Valentina by Rizzoli Editore, Milan, 1979 | $9,500originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1434width 1017orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Becky Lee, fotomodella |1986Becky Lee, Le Avventure di una Fotomodella | 1986 | Colored pen and ink on paper | First published in Comic Art magazine, Milan, 1988 | $9,500originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1432width 1025orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Belinda Contro! 1967Belinda Contro i Mangiadischi | 1967 | First published in Belinda, Edizioni del Grifo, Montepulciano, 1983 | $8,500originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1436width 1026orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Bonnie e Clyde, 1967Bonnie & Clyde | 1968 | First published in Valentina: Assassina? by Milano Libri Edizioni, 1977 | $ 7500eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1435width 1027orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Bonnie e Clyde, 1968Bonnie e Clyde | 1968 | First published in Valentina: Assassina? by Milano Libri Edizioni, 1977 | $ 7500eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1438width 1014orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Dracula, 1983Conte Dracula | 1983 | First published in Conte Dracula," Milano Libri Edizioni, 1987 [published in US by NBM, 1995] | $ 8,500originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1432width 1030orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Dracula, 1983Conte Dracula | 1983 | First published in Conte Dracula, 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 Conte Dracula, 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 Conte Dracula, 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 "Conte Dracula, 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 Frankenstein, 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 Frankenstein, Grifo Edizioni, Grumo Nevano, 2002 | $10,500originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1423width 1028orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 Frankenstein, 1999Frankenstein di Mary Shelley | 1999 | First published in Frankenstein, 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 Frankenstein, 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 Un Uomo, Un’avventura by Bonelli Editore, Milano, 1979 [published in US by Catalan Communications, NY, 1987] | $8,500originaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1439width 1033orientation 1camerasoftware Adobe Photoshop CS3 L’Uomo di Harlem , 1978L’Uomo di Harlem | 1978 | FIrst published in the series Un Uomo, Un’avventura 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 Espresso Più, 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 Valentina in Giallo 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 1030orientation 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 AMheight 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 1camerasoftware 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 Diario di Valentina 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 Diario di Valentina 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 Diario di Valentina 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 Diario di Valentina by Milano Libri Edizioni, 1975 | $ 8500eurosoriginaldate 1/1/0001 6:00:00 AMheight 1434width 1010orientation 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 Diario di Valentina 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