Frank Frazetta règne sans partage sur l’art fantastique depuis plus d’un demi-siècle et la valeur de ses oeuvres ne cesse de croître, pour enfin égaler l’admiration de ses fans. Chaque année, ses oeuvres battent leur record d’enchères de l’année précédente et sa couverture pour le Conan publié par Lancer en 1967 est partie pour 13,5 millions de dollars en septembre 2025.
Né dans une famille d’immigrés siciliens à Brooklyn en 1928, Frazetta a d’abord été athlète en ligue mineure, petit délinquant et séducteur en série, servi par un physique de star de cinéma et un talent phénoménal. Celui qui se qualifiait de paresseux et pénible commençait en général à peindre la veille de la date où il devait livrer son travail. Il le terminait en quelques heures et livrait souvent un chef d’oeuvre qui n’avait pas eu le temps de sécher. Il débuta dans les comics à 16 ans, notamment pour les fameux EC Comics, passa ensuite aux affiches de films, puis aux couvertures des pulps de Tarzan et Conan. Il produisit aussi des unes pour le National Lampoon, malgré son désaccord avec “les idées politiques hippy” du magazine, coréalisa un fil d’animation intitulé Fire & Ice avec Ralph Bakshi, et apprit à peindre de la main gauche à 68 ans après une première attaque cérébrale qui paralysa sa main droite. “J’ai l’esprit très tourné vers le physique, expliquait-il dans les années 1970. À Brooklyn, j’ai fréquenté Conan, j’ai connu des gars exactement comme lui.” Grâce à sa connaissance empirique de la musculature et du virilisme, il redessina les héros de fantasy, les fit plus massifs, intimidants et gonflés de testostérone que tous leurs prédécesseurs, et qui subit la même transformation aux protagonistes féminines, dotées de cuisses épaisses, de fesses bombées et de visages à l’espièglerie de fée, mais réalistes et crédibles, avec leurs ventres arondis et leurs traces subtiles de cellulite. Les oeuvres de Frazetta sont en fait aussi addictives que des chips, et cette édition vous y donne accès dans un format compact, attirant et abordable.
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Dan Nadel es comisario del Manetti Shrem Museum of Art de la Universidad de California en Davis y colaborador del New York Review of Books y de Artforum. Entre los libros y exposiciones de Nadel se cuentan Peter Saul: Professional Artist Correspondence 1945–1976 (2020), Chicago Comics, 1960s to Now en el Museum of Contemporary Art de Chicago (2021), y la biografía de Robert Crumb que se publicará próximamente (Scribner, 2024). Vive y trabaja en Brooklyn (Nueva York).
Zak Smith es un artista cuyas obras se incluyen en diversas colecciones públicas, entre ellas las del Museum of Modern Art de Nueva York; The Saatchi Gallery, en Londres, y el Whitney Museum of American Art. Es autor de diversos libros y escribe una columna para la revista Artillery. Vive y trabaja en Los Ángeles.
Dian Hanson es editora sénior y autora en TASCHEN, con más de 50 libros en su haber. Además de Hal Foster’s Tarzan, entre sus obras recientes se encuentran ARNOLD, The Art of Pin-up, Masterpieces of Fantasy Art y The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta.
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Hardback. Etat : New. Frank Frazetta has reigned as the undisputed king of fantasy art for well over 50 years, the value of his paintings now climbing as high as his fans' admiration. Each year his works break the previous year's auction records, with the cover for Lancer books 1967 Conan bringing $13.5 million in September 2025.Born to a Sicilian immigrant family in Brooklyn, 1928, Frazetta was a minor league athlete, petty criminal and serial seducer with movie star looks and phenomenal talent. Self-described as lazy and difficult, he often started a painting the night before it was due, completing it in mere hours, yet delivering a masterpiece-often still wet, but a masterpiece, nonetheless. He started in comics at age 16, including the infamous EC Comics, moved on to film posters, then to Tarzan and Conan pulp covers. Along the way he produced magazine covers for National Lampoon, though at odds with the editors' "hippy politics," made the animated film Fire and Ice with director Ralph Bakshi, and learned to paint left-handed at age 68 after the first of many strokes paralyzed his right hand. As he explained in the 1970s, "I'm very physical minded. In Brooklyn, I knew Conan, I knew guys just like him." Using this first-hand knowledge of muscle and macho he redefined fantasy heroes as more massive, more menacing, more testosterone-fueled than anything seen before, and their female counterparts as thick-thighed, heavy-buttocked, and pixie-faced, yet still, with their soft bellies and hints of cellulite, believably real. All in all, Frazetta's art is addictive as potato chips, and now available in a compact, attractive and affordable package. N° de réf. du vendeur LU-9783754400449
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Hardback. Etat : New. Frank Frazetta has reigned as the undisputed king of fantasy art for well over 50 years, the value of his paintings now climbing as high as his fans' admiration. Each year his works break the previous year's auction records, with the cover for Lancer books 1967 Conan bringing $13.5 million in September 2025.Born to a Sicilian immigrant family in Brooklyn, 1928, Frazetta was a minor league athlete, petty criminal and serial seducer with movie star looks and phenomenal talent. Self-described as lazy and difficult, he often started a painting the night before it was due, completing it in mere hours, yet delivering a masterpiece-often still wet, but a masterpiece, nonetheless. He started in comics at age 16, including the infamous EC Comics, moved on to film posters, then to Tarzan and Conan pulp covers. Along the way he produced magazine covers for National Lampoon, though at odds with the editors' "hippy politics," made the animated film Fire and Ice with director Ralph Bakshi, and learned to paint left-handed at age 68 after the first of many strokes paralyzed his right hand. As he explained in the 1970s, "I'm very physical minded. In Brooklyn, I knew Conan, I knew guys just like him." Using this first-hand knowledge of muscle and macho he redefined fantasy heroes as more massive, more menacing, more testosterone-fueled than anything seen before, and their female counterparts as thick-thighed, heavy-buttocked, and pixie-faced, yet still, with their soft bellies and hints of cellulite, believably real. All in all, Frazetta's art is addictive as potato chips, and now available in a compact, attractive and affordable package. N° de réf. du vendeur LU-9783754400449
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Hardcover. Etat : new. Hardcover. Frank Frazetta has reigned as the undisputed king of fantasy art for well over 50 years, the value of his paintings now climbing as high as his fans' admiration. Each year his works break the previous year's auction records, with the cover for Lancer books 1967 Conan bringing $13.5 million in September 2025.Born to a Sicilian immigrant family in Brooklyn, 1928, Frazetta was a minor league athlete, petty criminal and serial seducer with movie star looks and phenomenal talent. Self-described as lazy and difficult, he often started a painting the night before it was due, completing it in mere hours, yet delivering a masterpiece-often still wet, but a masterpiece, nonetheless. He started in comics at age 16, including the infamous EC Comics, moved on to film posters, then to Tarzan and Conan pulp covers. Along the way he produced magazine covers for National Lampoon, though at odds with the editors' "hippy politics," made the animated film Fire & Ice with director Ralph Bakshi, and learned to paint left-handed at age 68 after the first of many strokes paralyzed his right hand. As he explained in the 1970s, "I'm very physical minded. In Brooklyn, I knew Conan, I knew guys just like him." Using this first-hand knowledge of muscle and macho he redefined fantasy heroes as more massive, more menacing, more testosterone-fueled than anything seen before, and their female counterparts as thick-thighed, heavy-buttocked, and pixie-faced, yet still, with their soft bellies and hints of cellulite, believably real. All in all, Frazetta's art is addictive as potato chips, and now available in a compact, attractive and affordable package. Frank Frazetta's fame as the king of fantasy art grows greater every year, as his paintings set new annual auction records. His muscular, fleshy, action-packed oils of heroes, monsters and maidens have defined fantasy worlds for over 50 years and now come at the most affordable price ever. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9783754400449
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