Gibrat. Graphite and watercolour on thick paper for this original cover for the first edition of volume 3 of Mattéo, published by Bruno Graff in 2013. With Mattéo, Jean-Pierre Gibrat skilfully blends history, politics and fiction to create a novel in 4 acts. With pen and brush, he raises his skills to a dazzling level. Playing with framing, angles, colours and cut-outs, the lines and lighting inspire movement and intensity, calm and pleasure. From then on, a simple pause on a public bench takes on the scent of pine trees, the sea breeze and the warmth of the day. Freed from the weight of inking, Gibrat's work is freer and more flexible, going straight to the heart of the matter: stirring up emotion in the reader. Signed. 31.4x23.2cm