Alain Saint-Ogan - Défense au coq de chanter
Défense au coq de chanter
India ink on paper
14,5 x 14,5 cm ( 5,51 x 5,51 in )
Signed bottom left
id. 31260
India ink on paper
14,5 x 14,5 cm ( 5,51 x 5,51 in )
Signed bottom left
id. 31260
Alain de Saint-Ogan is familiar with representing animals, including the cock. He imagined scenes and stories with it, as other wellknown graphists and illustrators since 2 centuries: Gustave Doré, Granville, Bertall, Wilhelm Busch, Benjamin Rabier, Joseph-Porphyre Pinchon, Auguste Vimar, André Pécoud, Samivel? et in the Press : André François.
In a set of funny little advertising books for La Vache qui rit in 1956, Alain de Saint Ogan illustrates the French cock as a symbol of the 4th Republique. Cf Exposition à l'abbaye de Saint-Riquier, 2003.