Paul Cuvelier (1923-1978) Lot n° 16

Epoxy India ink on paper for plate 62 of the album. 39,7 x 30 cm. Éric Losfeld, 1968. Paul Cuvelier saw himself above all as a painter, listening to sensuality, when Jean Van Hamme asked him to draw a mythological story tinged with sensuality. For the title, the young scriptwriter decided to use the name of the product marketed by the company that employed him, namely Polyepoxide, more commonly known as "epoxy resin". The two men push the joke to the point of drawing the chemical formula of the compound on the cover of the album, in an antique frieze. This adult story not only prefigures the turn that comics will take in the years to come, but it is also considered as one of Cuvelier's masterpieces, the latter not having submitted to any form of constraint to let express all his talent and his graphic strength.