15 - MARIE-MAD (Marie-Madeleine BOURDIN, known as). *Cœurs Vaillants*: the first *Titounet* comic strips. 1955–1956. 32 plates (approx. 27.5 x 18.5 cm or 25.3 x 15 cm) signed “Marie Mad” or, more rarely, “M. Mad.,” including 15 originals in India ink, 2 of which have their coloring tracings, and 17 color proofs.

MARIE-MAD (Marie-Madeleine BOURDIN, known as). *Cœurs Vaillants*: the first *Titounet* comic strips. 1955–1956. 32 plates (approx. 27.5 x 18.5 cm or 25.3 x 15 cm) signed “Marie Mad” or, more rarely, “M. Mad.,” including 15 originals in India ink, 2 of which have their coloring tracings, and 17 color proofs. Approval stamps dated 1955 or 1956 on the reverse of several plates; a few handwritten marginal notes. 2 plates of proofs with foxing. Included are: 44 color plates published in *Cœurs Vaillants*. Mounted on heavy paper, these press clippings are bound into a booklet with adhesive tape, under a cover titled “Naissance de Titounet - Cœurs Vaillants 1954.” They include the first Titounet stories, preceded by 2 plates from “Histoire de noisettes.” Publication dates are handwritten in the margins of the plates. A fine collection of original plates or color proofs from Titounet’s early adventures, published in 1955–1956 in *Cœurs Vaillants*. Provenance: the artist’s studio.