Corto Maltese #3
In "La ballade de la mer salée," Hugo Pratt invites readers into a richly textured 20-page notebook that blends art and archive, showcasing his signature watercolours, ethnographic sketches, and fragments of the story’s narrative. Framed by a striking photo of Pratt before a Moai statue on Easter Island, this issue offers an intimate glimpse into the creative world behind the tale—without revealing a single plot point.
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Cahier de 20 pages présentant des aquarelles de Pratt, des documents ethnographiques, des cases extraites du récit, 1 photo de Pratt devant une statue Moai sur l’île de Pâques. [20-page notebook featuring Pratt’s watercolours, ethnographic documents, boxes from the story, 1 photo of Pratt in front of a Moai statue on Easter Island.]
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