Javier Montesol
Martín Montesol, 1974-1975; published in Purita, 1975. Ink on paper, several measurements
Javier Montesol
El trist i desconsolat enterrament de la meva esposa, 1974; published in Diploma d’honor, 1974. Ink on paper, 19.5 x 28 cm and 21 x 30 cm
Javier Montesol
Plástico, 1975; published in Purita, 1975. Ink on paper, 37 x 27 cm
Javier Montesol, Onliyú
BTA, 1976; published in Nasti de Plasti, 1976. Ink on paper, 37 x 25.5 cm [selection]
Javier Montesol
El Doctor Fumanchú, n.d. [decade of 1970?]; published in El sidecar, 1977. Ink on paper, 37 x 25.5 cm [selection]
Javier Montesol, Javier Mariscal
El bocadillo. El inútil esquizo se va al siquiátrico, 1977; published in A la calle, 1977. Ink on paper, 32 x 22 cm
Javier Montesol
Publicitario, s. a. [¿1977?]; published in A la calle, 1977. Ink on paper, 36.5 x 25.5 cm
Javier Montesol
Es la historia de un gran amor. Objetivo fotográfico obligatorio, 1977; published in Star, 1977. Collage and ink on paper, 38.5 x 24 cm [selection]
Javier Montesol
La venganza del hijo de Machín, n.d. [1980?]; published in Bésame mucho, 1981. Ink on paper, 33 x 25 cm [selection]
Javier Montesol
Los restos del verano. Duncan Mack Duncan, n.d. [decade of 1970?]; published in Bésame mucho, 1981. Ink on paper, 37 x 25 cm [selection]
Javier Montesol
Karate a muerte en Bangkok, n.d. [decade of 1970?]; published in El globo, winter 1980. Ink on paper, 50 x 32.5 cm
Javier Montesol
Montesol’s notebook. No. 2, 1978 [inside]
Javier Montesol, Martí
Para ti, que eres un Machista de cuidado, n.d. Ink on paper, 37 x 25.5 cm
Javier Montesol, Luis Murillo Fort
Rock Comix. Dedicado al porno para soldados y amas de casa, no. 3, Barcelona: Gaspar Fraga, 1976
Javier Montesol
Cartas de los lectores, 1976. Collage on paper, 35 x 24.5 cm
Javier Montesol
Los experimentos sexuales del Doctor «G», 1976. Ink on paper, 36.5 x 25.5 cm [selection]
Javier Montesol
Outline of Sabia Vd. Que?, 1976. Collage on paper, 34.5 x 25 cm
Javier Montesol
Rock-Comix. Porno, 1976. Mixed media on paper, 34.5 x 25 cm
Javier Montesol, Ramón de España
La noche de siempre, Barcelona: Producciones Editoriales, 1982
Javier Montesol, Ramón de España
La noche de siempre, n.d. [1981?]. Ink and pencil on paper, 36.5 x 25.6 cm [selection]
Javier Montesol
La noche de siempre, n.d. [1981?]; outline of the cover of Bésame mucho, 1981. Mixed media on paper, 49.5 x 32 cm
«El show de Montesol y Onliyú», n.d. [1976?]
210 originals and documentation.
Francisco Javier Ballester Guillén (Barcelona, 1952), better known by the pseudonym Montesol, is, together with fellow artists such as Nazario, Mariscal and Ceesepe, one of the main strip cartoonists of the Spanish comic underground of the seventies and eighties. In 1974 he founded, alongside Juan José Fernández Ribera, the magazine Star (1974–1980), a publication that, alongside the magazine Ajoblanco, became an icon of the alternative press during Spain’s transition to democracy. He was also part of the collective El Rrollo Enmascarado (Mariscal, Nazario, Pepichek, Farry, etc.), and contributed to Barcelona’s counterculture and comic magazines such as El Víbora, Cairo, Nasti de plasti, Makoki and Bésame mucho.
In 1992 he moved to France and abandoned comics to completely dedicate himself to painting, holding exhibitions in Madrid, Barcelona and France. In 1999, he was the recipient of the Max Award for the best set design for Guys & Dolls. He eventually turned his attention back to graphic novels in 2011, publishing titles such as Speak Low (2012), El antipríncipe (2017), and Idilio. Apuntes de Fortuny (2017).
Comprised of over 200 items, most dating from the seventies, this collection includes correspondence, photographs, magazines and comic albums, although most extensive are the original works by the artist, consisting of sketches, illustrations, collages, mock-ups and drawings, and, above all, the original copies of various graphic stories, such as Las aventuras de Marcelo, Objetivo: La epiglotis del Shá, Epilepsia desencadenada, El doctor Fumanchú, La venganza del hijo de Machín and La noche de siempre.
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