Tex Avery - Les Dessins - 1908-1980 BOOK
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The genius of Tex Avery revealed — original storyboard drawings from his Warner Bros. and MGM masterpieces.
An essential treasure for animation lovers — full-size reproductions, foldouts, and unseen sketches from the golden age of cartoons.
Tex Avery – Les Dessins (1908–1980) First Edition – 1988 – Oversize Softcover – French Text
A stunning and scarce 1988 edition celebrating the creative genius of Tex Avery, the trailblazing animator whose manic energy and visual wit transformed American cartoon history. This lavishly illustrated volume showcases a remarkable selection of Avery’s original storyboard drawings from his glory years at Warner Bros. and MGM, including such classics as Red Hot Riding Hood, Droopy, and many other iconic cartoon shorts.
Shot directly from Avery’s original annotated storyboards, often bearing his handwritten pencil notes, the book offers an intimate glimpse into his working process—revealing how timing, framing, and comic exaggeration were planned before becoming animation magic. The collection includes an extraordinary six-page foldout layout and reproduces the artwork at near-original animation-paper size, preserving the life and dynamism of Avery’s line work.
Introduced with a brief essay in French, the book features cartoon titles and production details in both French and English, making it an invaluable visual reference for animation historians, collectors, and students of classic studio animation.
Condition: New, never circulated, in perfect condition, with only very faint, barely noticeable yellowing to the opening pages from natural aging.
Bibliographic details:
Unpaginated (approx. 110 pages) · Mostly black-and-white with some color reproductions · Text in French · Oversize softcover (approx. 13 x 12.5 in. / 33 x 32 cm) · Includes 6-page foldout panorama · First Edition, 1988.
An essential treasure for animation lovers — full-size reproductions, foldouts, and unseen sketches from the golden age of cartoons.
Tex Avery – Les Dessins (1908–1980) First Edition – 1988 – Oversize Softcover – French Text
A stunning and scarce 1988 edition celebrating the creative genius of Tex Avery, the trailblazing animator whose manic energy and visual wit transformed American cartoon history. This lavishly illustrated volume showcases a remarkable selection of Avery’s original storyboard drawings from his glory years at Warner Bros. and MGM, including such classics as Red Hot Riding Hood, Droopy, and many other iconic cartoon shorts.
Shot directly from Avery’s original annotated storyboards, often bearing his handwritten pencil notes, the book offers an intimate glimpse into his working process—revealing how timing, framing, and comic exaggeration were planned before becoming animation magic. The collection includes an extraordinary six-page foldout layout and reproduces the artwork at near-original animation-paper size, preserving the life and dynamism of Avery’s line work.
Introduced with a brief essay in French, the book features cartoon titles and production details in both French and English, making it an invaluable visual reference for animation historians, collectors, and students of classic studio animation.
Condition: New, never circulated, in perfect condition, with only very faint, barely noticeable yellowing to the opening pages from natural aging.
Bibliographic details:
Unpaginated (approx. 110 pages) · Mostly black-and-white with some color reproductions · Text in French · Oversize softcover (approx. 13 x 12.5 in. / 33 x 32 cm) · Includes 6-page foldout panorama · First Edition, 1988.
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