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Jean-Jacques Sempé

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Jean-Jacques Sempé, called Sempé, is born in Bordeaux in 1932. He is 19 years old when he engages in the humoristic cartoon. Young man, he moves to Paris and earns his living by selling some drawings to the press. Success comes in 1957, and his regular collaborations with such weekly magazines as "Paris Match", "The Express", "The New York Times" or the "

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The works presented on this page are not available anymore.
Single work Original signed drawing de  : For Viviane
For Viviane
1990 Drawing in brown ink, in lower right signed and dated by the artist. Without
Original screenprint de  : The violinist
The violinist
Circa 1973 Original screenprint, unsigned. Without
Original screenprint de  : The bandstand
The bandstand
Circa 1973 Original screenprint, unsigned. Without
Original signed watercolour de  : At the coffee shop
At the coffee shop
Unknown Watercolor and pencil, signed in ink by the artist at the lower left corner. Without

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
Not realised. All the "catalogues raisonnés"

Bibliographic track & more

To read from or about the artist :
* « Un peu de Paris »,  Sempé, Ed. Gallimard, Paris, 2001
* « Sempé-Paris, un trait d'humour », film (26 min), Françoise Gallo, France 3, 2002
* « Sempé », in « La Passion du dessin d'humour », Martine Gossieaux,  coll. Les Cahiers dessinés, Ed. Buchet-Chastel, Paris, 2008
* « Sempé, un peu de Paris et d'ailleurs », catalogue d'exposition, Mairie de Paris, 2011
* « Sempé - Enfances », entretien avec Marc Lecarpentier, Ed. Denoël et Galerie Martine Gossieaux, Paris, 2011
* « Sempé - La nostalgie me fait rire », Florence Noiville, in journal Le Monde, 21 oct. 2011

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