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Aquarelle by Jean-Jacques Sempé - Illustration
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Aquarelle

Illustration
1978
Watercolor
80 x 60 cm (31.5 x 23.62 in.)
Plein cadre
New yorker

Description

Magnifique Aquarelle

Inscriptions

Sempé 1978 en bas droite

Comment

Bonjour aux admirateurs de JJ Sempé et aux autres ..je partage cette oeuvre de cet immense artiste. Cette aquarelle est la copie du premier dessin de l'artiste publié aux USA pour la couverture du New Yorker en aout 1978 ,il aura droit a une cinquantaine de couvertures dans ce magazine américain chic elitaire ,une consecration .le dessin est visible page 12 dans le Cahiet Dessiné ,editeur Buchet Chastel 2004.
Un PDG ?un Banquier ? Capitaine d'industrie ? François Hollande aimerait s'envoler pour échapper a ses soucis ...cette aquarelle est la piece maîtresse d'une exposition Sempé a Bruxelles en 1978 ,il en sera tiré les affiches de l'expo et des lithos .sur la couverture du New Yorker l'homme oiseau est perché sur une des fenêtres d'un gratte-ciel , sur l'aquarelle on ne voit qu'une fenêtre .

About Jean-Jacques Sempé

Jean-Jacques Sempé, usually known as Sempé ( born 17 August 1932), is a French cartoonist. He is known for the series of children's books he created with René Goscinny, Le petit Nicolas, and also for his poster-like illustrations, usually drawn from a distant or high viewpoint depicting detailed countrysides or cities. Sempé was expelled from school as a young man, and then failed to pass exams for the post office, a bank and the railroad.He then found work selling tooth powder as a door-to-door salesman and also worked delivering wine by bicycle in the Gironde. After lying about his age, he joined the army in 1950, since it was “the only place that would give me a job and a bed,” he subsequently explained, and would occasionally get into trouble for drawing while he was supposed to be keeping watch during guard duty. After being discharged from the army, he moved to Paris and began working with René Goscinny. Sempé has spent most of his life in Paris.
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Busch Ce dessin existe vraiment! Je pensais que mon affiche (numérotée et signée, de mémoire, c'est un offset sur beau papier mais pas une litho) était un agrandissement de la couv' du New Yorker...
Aug 16, 2020, 9:15 PM
GAG Wow!! Great piece of art!!
Aug 15, 2020, 10:13 PM