WILL (Willy Maltaite, known as - 1927-2000) "Air...

WILL (Willy Maltaite, known as - 1927-2000) "Air France - Monsieur Gulliver's journey" Rare set of a project for a comic strip advertising booklet for Air France comprising 19 original plates, endpapers, title page and illustrations, on a scenario by Florence d'Augerot. Endpapers in India ink and white gouache on paper (vertical fold), sheet size 33x45.2 cm. Title page, printed in India ink on paper (35.5x25.6 cm). The 15 plates of the story, signed, and two plates of additional illustrations (one signed) in India ink and white gouache on paper. Dimensions 35.5x25.6 cm. Margins with patches and minor soiling, and part printed on the end plate. Attached: a small Indian ink cul-de-lampe drawing on paper (18x25 cm) and its gouache coloring on print (13.8x25.7 cm). + the blueprints for coloring the plates and the black printing films + all the working documents for the project (page prints with handwritten annotations, story synopsis, printed story board, color story prints, various letters and estimates). This advertising comic strip, not sold commercially, was published in 1986 (Editions Dupuis/ Attitude Plus), and was intended to inform newly-hired Air France agents. It's worth noting that Will produced several drawings and plates for advertising purposes, for Renault, BP, Coca-Cola, etc. Expert: Pauline Testut