![]() ![]() ![]() Gopnik pays homage to ‘the happy effect that Babar has on us, and our imaginations’, and the beautifully simple drawings, ‘real small masterpieces of the faux-naïf’. We have also included American writer and New Yorker columnist Adam Gopnik’s incisive essay ‘Freeing the Elephants’. In her newly commissioned essay ‘The Go Between’, French writer and director Faïza Guène draws on her Algerian heritage to explore themes of integration in Histoire de Babar. Illustrated with de Brunhoff’s sketches and exquisite page decorations, as well as researched paintings and photographs, the commentary volume brings together a selection of fascinating writing about Babar and Jean de Brunhoff. The page by page translation in the commentary Thumbnail reproductions of the sketches with annotations Thumbnail pages from the maquette with annotations The homecoming – one of five double-page illustrationsĬelebrating the marriage and coronation of Babar and Céleste The genesis of the endpapers in the maquetteīabar in the Grand Magasin from the maquetteīabar with the old lady’s friends and in his car from the maquetteīabar in the Grand Magasin in the facsimile The limitation certificate, maquette and 61 loose-leaf sketches The portfolio housing the limitation certificate, maquette and sketches The presentation box tied with green grosgrain ribbon ![]()
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