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st? s?????? ????? t?????: t??te? ?? ????ste? pt???? t?? ap??a??pt??ta? st?? ???es? p?? f????e?e?ta? ?? ta t??? ??????? st? ???se?? ???? st? ???ßa??-?a-?eß, ???t? st?? ???????e?.
«??sa ap? t??t?? t?? ???es? a?a?a??pt??µe t?e?? pt???? t?? p??s?p???t?ta? t?? ????: t??? ?d???? t?? t??? p??a?e?, ??a tµ?µa t?? p??s?p???? t?? s??????? ?a? ta p??s??d?a t?? te?e?ta??? t??, a?????????t??, ??µp??µ ‘??f-??t (Alph-Art)’»,e???e? st? Ga????? ??a?t??e?? ? ep? 20et?a a??e????t?? t?? ???se??? ?t?µ??? ?a??? , µe t?? e??a???a t?? ??es???? e??a????? t?? ???es??.
G??st?? pa???sµ??? ap? t?? «?e??p?te?e? t?? ?e?t?? ?a? t?? ?????», t?? se???? p?? ap? t? 1929 ??e? µa???e? t? ?????, ? ?????? ???? ?eµ?, ? ep???µa??µe??? ???? (1907-83) ap? t?? a??? t?? stad??d??µ?a? t?? e??e de??e? µe???? e?d?af???? ??a ??e? t?? µ??f?? t?? d?µ????????? ??f?as??.
?µ?? ?ta? sta ?????a t?? 60, ?p?te ?? ? p??s?p??? t?? ??? e??e ?????se? s?µa?t???? a?a?atat??e??—?a??? e??te????e t?? ?at? 27 ?????a ?e?te?? t?? Fa?? ??aµ???, ? ?p??a ?a ???e? ?at?p?? s?????? t??—p?? ? ?????? s??ts????f?? ?a ??e??e??e? ?’ af?se? p?s? t?? ta ??µ??? ??a ?a st?afe? p??? t? ????af???, d???e?ta? ? d?e????t?? t?? e?d?se?? Moulinsart ?t??t?? ??at?.
«? s??s? t?? ???? µe t? ???t???a ????? ap?te???? ??a ?ef??a?? st?? ??e??a a?t?? t?? a?t?d?da?t?? a????p?? p?? p??t?te ???e?e ?a µ??e? pe??ss?te?a ?a? ?a d?apete?e? ?? ap’ t?? ?d?? t?? t?? ea?t? ?? ep?s??, ?at? µ?a ?p???, e??? ????? p?? t?? ??f??e», t???se ? ??at?, p???? e?d?t?? t?? ???? st?? ???? Casterman.
?et? p????? ???se?? ?at??????? ?a? e? µ?s? µ?a? ??e?a? ?pa???a??? ???s??, ? ???? «af?e???eta? st?? ea?t? t?? ??a p??t? f??? ????? st? ????af???», p??s?ese.
??e??? a???ß?? t?? ep???, ????? st? s??d??µ? t?? f???? t?? ?a?s?? Sta?, µe????? s?????t? ????? t????? ?? ?d???t?t? ??a?e?? ???t? st? st???t?? t?? ????, ?a? t?? ???t???? ?????? ??e? Ste?, ? ?????? d?µ??????? ???e? ta p??ta ß?µata st?? ??sµ? t?? s???e?t??. ??????e? ???a p??t?p???? d?µ???????, ?p?? t?? ???ts?? F??t??ta, Se?? ????a??f, ??? ???te?sta??, a??µ? ?a? t?? ??t? G???????.
St?? a???? t?? ’60, ? ?e??f??t?? t?? ‘?a?a??? ??aµµ??’ pa?a??????e? µa??µata ????af???? ???t? st?? ????? d?µ?????? af???µ???? t????? ????? ?a? ???t. ?p?d?deta? st?? ??e??a t?? ?aµß?, f???te????ta? ???a eµp?e?sµ??a ap? t?? te????? t?? ???? ????, t?? ????? ???e, ? t?? ?d??? t?? das????? t?? ?a? ???t.
????a??p???t?? ap? t’ ap?t??esµa, ? s??ts????f?? ?a e??ata?e??e? s??t?µa t? ????af??? ?a? ?a f????e? d?apa?t?? ta ???a t?? se µ?a s?f?ta.
«? ???? e?de p?? de? p???de?e ?a?????. ?? ap?f?s?se p?? ??p???? e??a? ?a??? µ??? s’ ??a p???µa st? ??? t?? ?a? ??a e?e???? a?t? t? p???µa ?sa? ta ??µ???. ?a? p??pa?t?? de? ??e?e ?a ???e? ??a? pe??stas?a???, e?as?t?????, ‘?????f?? t?? ????a???’», ?p????µµ?se ? ??at?.
??t?te, ? ???? ?a f???te???se? ???a d?? ??µp??µ t?? ?e?t?? «?t?s? 714 ??a S?d?e?», t? 1968 ?a? «? ?e?t?? ?? ?? ???a???», t? 1976, p??t?? ?atap?aste? µe t? «??f –??t». ???t? t? ste???, 24? a?µp??µ, p?? ?a e?d??e? µeta?a??t?a ?a? µe t?? µ??f? t?? a?????????t?? t? 1986, ???e? a???ß?? t? ??µa t?? µ??t???a? t?????, µe t?? ??a?e??, t??? µa????e? t??, a??? ?a? t??? p?ast????f??? t??.
?e t?? e??a???a t?? s?µp????s?? ept? ?????? ap? t? ?e?t?????a t?? ???se???, ? p???? s?????? t?? (s?µe?a Fa?? ???t???e?) d?????e ?a ap??a??f?e? a?t? t? ??µµ?t? ap? t? ??? t?? ????.
G?a p??t? f??? ?a e?te???? st? ????? e???a p??a?e? f???te???µ???? ap? t?? ???? ?a? pe??p?? e???s? ???a ap? t?? p??s?p??? t?? s??????. ??? ???es? s?µp???????? ?a? e???ta p??te p??t?t?pa f???a ap? t? ??f-??t.
«T????µe ?a de????µe t?? ???es? t?? d?µ??????a?. ??e??? p?? e??a? ????? e?d?af???? e??a? t? ?a d??µe t?? a????µ?s?a st? ?e?????µ?a t?? ?a???t????. ?p????µe ep?s?? ?a a?a?a?????µe ?a? ta s??d?a ?, ?a??? de? ??a??e p??? ?a?? p??? ta p?? ß?d??e. ?a ??µ??sµata t??ta ap?de??????? pe??t?a?a p?? p?s? ap? ???e ??µp??µ t?? ?e?t?? ???ßeta? µ?a te??st?a ??e??a ?a? p??? d???e??», pa?at???se ? ?a???.
? ???es?, p?? ???µ??eta? «Tonnere de Brest», (St ? ap? t?? eµß??µat??? f??s? p?? s??????e? ?a a?af??e? ? ?apet????? ???t??) ?a d?a???se? ??? t?? 26 ??????? ?? ap?te?e? µ?a p???e?s? ap? t? µe???? ???es? p?? ?a f????e???e? ap? ta t??? Septeµß???? st? G??a? ?a?a? t?? ?a??s???.