Solano Lopez Solano Lopez - L'Eternauta - Parte Seconda, 1976
pencil and ink on thin cardboard
28 x 38,5 cm
Original title page made by Lopez for the second part of his masterpiece "The Eternaut, " first published in Argentina by Skorpio and published by Edictiones Record in 1976 and later in Italy by Lanciostory in 1978. Page 1 (episode XV) of the saga made by Héctor Oesterheld, which has become one of the cornerstones of modern comics. A metaphor and tragic forerunner of the Argentine political situation that would soon lead to dictatorship, The Eternaut has become a symbol of civil revolt and intellectual independence, which cost its author his life when, in April 1977, Oesterheld was taken by a Death Squad, thus joining the large group of Argentine desaparecidos. Slight creases in the right margin.
Dimensions
28 x 38,5 cm
pencil and ink on thin cardboard
28 x 38,5 cm
Original title page made by Lopez for the second part of his masterpiece "The Eternaut, " first published in Argentina by Skorpio and published by Edictiones Record in 1976 and later in Italy by Lanciostory in 1978. Page 1 (episode XV) of the saga made by Héctor Oesterheld, which has become one of the cornerstones of modern comics. A metaphor and tragic forerunner of the Argentine political situation that would soon lead to dictatorship, The Eternaut has become a symbol of civil revolt and intellectual independence, which cost its author his life when, in April 1977, Oesterheld was taken by a Death Squad, thus joining the large group of Argentine desaparecidos. Slight creases in the right margin.
Dimensions
28 x 38,5 cm
