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€ 350 - 700
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€ 350
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At auction on Thursday 10 September 2026 at 16:00
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mixed media on thin cardboard
30 x 42 cm
Original illustration made by Guerra in 2011. Artwork published in the "Dark Divas" portfolio by Edizioni Di in 2013 and subsequently as the cover for the volume "Bienvenue en enfer" published in France in the series "Les grands Classiques de la Bande Dessinée érotique" vol. 51 by Hachette in 2018. Signed on the front and signed, dated, and titled on the back.
30 x 42 cm
Original illustration made by Guerra in 2011. Artwork published in the "Dark Divas" portfolio by Edizioni Di in 2013 and subsequently as the cover for the volume "Bienvenue en enfer" published in France in the series "Les grands Classiques de la Bande Dessinée érotique" vol. 51 by Hachette in 2018. Signed on the front and signed, dated, and titled on the back.
Literature
Nik Guerra occupies a unique position in the contemporary Italian comics scene. His eroticism unfolds through a constant tension between sensuality and stylization. Guerra revisits the legacy of the classic American pin-up—founded on seduction, irony, and theatricality—reinterpreting it through the language of contemporary comics and digital illustration. His protagonists, from Magenta to Cocò, to the more recent Dark Divas, fit perfectly into this iconographic tradition, in which seduction stems more from the elegance of the staging than from the explicit representation of the sexual act. The originality of his erotic production lies precisely in his ability to transform the pin-up from a simple illustrative genre into a true artistic language. Each panel and illustration reveals an almost painterly attention to composition, chromatic balance, and the quality of the line, making eroticism an exercise in style in which visual pleasure arises as much from the representation of the body as from the refinement of the image's construction. From this perspective, Nik Guerra renews the tradition of European illustrated eroticism, combining the legacy of the classic pin-up with a contemporary aesthetic, strongly authorial and immediately recognizable.
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