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A pricey piece of art 世界最高價的漫畫原畫

A visitor views a drawing made by artistic creator Hergé for the front page of his comic book Tintin in America in 1932, on display at the Artcurial Gallery in Paris on March 26, 2008. 三月二十六日，一位參訪者在巴黎「藝術元老院」藝廊的展覽上，欣賞藝術創作者艾爾吉一九三二年為自己的漫畫《丁丁在美洲》所畫的封面。 照片：法新社 PHOTO: AFP

The painting in the photograph sold for a lot of money last month. It is a piece of original artwork for a Tintin comic book. It fetched a record 764,200 euros (NT$36.7 million) at a Paris auction, organizer Artcurial said.

The 1932 oil painting was drawn for the iconic cover of Tintin in America. The sale smashed the previous world record for an original comic book work.

That was set in March 2007 when a drawing by artist Enki Bilal called Bleu Sang (Blue Blood) fetched 177,000 euros (NT$8.5 million).

The painting was done by Tintin’s Belgian creator Hergé. It was judged a “museum piece” in Artcurial’s auction catalogue.

The sale was held on March 29. It was a one-off sale of 650 comic originals. Each comic had a starting price of 280,000 euros (NT$13.4 million). The gallery and auction house said the total earnings came to roughly 3.4 million euros (NT$163.4 million).

(AFP)

照片中的這張畫上個月以高價賣出，它是漫畫《丁丁歷險記》的原畫；拍賣公司「藝術元老院」表示，這張畫稿在巴黎一場拍賣會上以七十六萬四千兩百歐元（新台幣三千六百七十萬元）的天價賣出。

這幅油畫是一九三二年時專為《丁丁在美洲》所繪製的封面，因此極具象徵意義；這次拍賣成交金額打破了先前漫畫原稿拍賣價的世界紀錄。

之前的紀錄是恩奇•畢拉的作品「藍血」，去年三月以十七萬七千歐元（新台幣八百五十萬元）售出。

這張油畫是丁丁漫畫的比利時籍原作者艾爾吉所繪，它在「藝術元老院」拍賣圖錄上被評列為「珍品」。

上個月二十九日舉行的這場拍賣會上，共拍賣了六百五十件漫畫原作，每件作品都是二十八萬歐元（新台幣一千三百四十萬元）起標；該藝廊暨拍賣公司表示，這次拍賣總所得約三百四十萬歐元（新台幣一億六千三百四十萬元）。

（法新社／翻譯：袁星塵）

Today's Words 今日單字 1. artwork n. 藝術品 (yi4 shu4 pin3) 例: I really enjoyed the artworks on display in the station. (我真的很欣賞車站展示的這些藝術作品。) 2. iconic adj. 有象徵意義的 (you3 xiang4 zheng1 yi4 yi4 de5) 例: It was an iconic moment in music history. (該時期在音樂史上極具代表性。) 3. museum piece n. 老古董 (lao3 gu2 dong3)，珍品 (zhen1 pin3) 例: The coin is thought to be a museum piece. (這枚硬幣被視作珍貴文物。) 4. one-off adj. 一次的 (yi2 ci4 de5) 例: This isn't Roseanne's regular class. She's just a one-off student. (這不是羅珊娜課表上的課程，她只是來旁聽 一次。

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