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cartoon drawing of a woman with an ostrich on a beachdrawing of a woman with blonde hair and blue eyes in a yellow dressa menu for a restaurant with a list of foodan old letter written in red ink on a piece of papera brown book with writing on it with a stringpainting of a horse with a deer ' s head on it ' s back legspainting of a horse in a yellow shirt with a big smile on it ' s facea drawing of a cat that is sitting in the grassdrawing of a giraffe with horns and a woman ' s face in the backgroundpainting of a bear playing a guitar on a walla drawing of a bull with horns standing in a body of watera drawing of a tiger laying down in the grassdrawing of a bird standing on a cobblestone street with buildings in the backgrounddrawing of a woman with long black hair and a fish on her headpainting of a man with a bird on his head and a turtle on the grounda close up of a book with a brown cover
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29 - BASTIA (Georges). ‘The Zoo of the Stars’. A series of 20 sig…
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Estimate €1,000 - €1,200
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BASTIA (Georges). ‘The Zoo of the Stars’. A series of 20 signed original gouaches depicting humorous, anthropomorphic portraits of the greatest celebrities of the 1950s: Brigitte Bardot, Jean Gabin, Édith Piaf, Georges Brassens, Louis de Funès, Juliette Gréco, Fernandel, Maurice Chevalier, and many others. No place, no publisher, [circa 1950]. Folio-sized volume (330 x 250 mm), loose sheets in a half-cloth folder with ribbon ties. 2 flyleaves + 20 plates (complete set). Small tear at the top edge. Created entirely in gouache on cream-coloured vellum paper, these works should not be confused with prints or enhanced engravings. Georges Bastia (1904–1980), a caricaturist and illustrator of comic songs, was a member of the humorists’ society and contributed notably to *Le Rire*, *L’Auto* (winner of the competition in 1920), *La Rampe*, *Fantasio* and *Opéra*. From 1936 onwards, he launched a highly successful series transforming artists into animals. Marcel Achard, in his preface, describes him as a ‘great champion of caricature’ and the ‘Buffon of caricature’. In excellent condition.
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About the sale Fine antique and collectible books, manuscripts and modern illustrated works
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Auction time 06/29/2026 at 2:00 PM
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