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Comic Art: Masters of Eroticism

Thursday 08 May 2025, 02:30 PM • Rome

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Carl Barks

Xerxes and Harem, 1980

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€ 5.640

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pencil and crayons on paper
44,5 x 54 cm
Preliminary drawing made by Barks in 1980 for his famous oil painting entitled "Xerxes and Harem", produced within the series "Famous Figures of History as They Might Have Looked Had Their Genes Gotten Mixed with Waterfowl". In this scene Xerxes relaxes, in his advanced years, surrounded by his harem of bejeweled beauties, interested only in his game of "cat's cradle". Slight crease at lower right corner. Signed.