Curiosa
13438 Casanova
La Monaca (vol. I); "Bettina" e "La fuga dai piombi" (vol. II)
Guido Crepax, Beppe Madaudo. Texts by Giacomo Casanova, Piero Chiara, Guido Crepax, Achille Bonito Oliva, Beppe Madaudo
1977 / 96 and 136 PAGES.
Language: Italian
Selected episodes from some of Casanova’s most uninhibited libertine adventures are illustrated here in two volumes by Crepax and Madaudo, with large-format silkscreen prints that enhance their aesthetic appeal.
The skill and wit of Guido Crepax, now an established master of libertine comics, are brought to bear in this second silkscreen work, which recounts the episode of the Two Nuns, one of the most uninhibited (and celebrated) passages in Histoire de ma vie. Two other emblematic episodes – Bettina’s exorcism and the escape from the Piombi prison – illustrated in aquatint by Beppe Madaudo, complete this pictorial exploration of Casanova’s memoirs. Texts by Piero Chiara and Achille Bonito Oliva introduce readers to Casanova’s literary world and to the dreamlike universes of Crepax and Madaudo.
900 numbered copies, signed by both artists.