Rugby / Moncla / Domenech / Déro / Pau / Racing / Brive - Lot 172

Rugby / Moncla / Domenech / Déro / Pau / Racing / Brive Robert Décremps, alias DÉRO (1920-2000) Two caricatures: François Moncla and Amédée Domenech India ink on paper, signed, captioned 50 x 39 cm - 50 x 37 cm Original illustrations for "La Fabuleuse histoire du Rugby" by Henri Garcia, published by Odil in 1973. François Moncla (1932-2021) more real than life, his eyebrows shadowy, the cock vibrating on his jersey. A captain's gesture, a role that suited him like a glove, within his Section Paloise, with whom he was French champion in 1964, as he had been in 1959 with Racing. He was with the French national team between 1956 and 1961, and for the victory over the Boks. Amédée Domenech (1933-2003), Brive and XV de France prop (1954-1963). The potentate, a lion on a bed rail, and on his pectoral: "honni soit qui mâle y pense.