Jeanine's Copy of Vacances by Jean-Jacques Sempé

That same Jeanine whose book we saw in yesterday's post also owned a personalized copy of cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé's Vacances [Vacation, 1990], judging from the fact that both Sempé books became available at the same time from the same French bookseller in Gradignan. With a few lines, Sempé creates a rolling seascape for a bikini-clad woman to indulge in. The price, 650 Euros, promises the next owner some grand beach reading.

Jean-Jacques Sempé
AbeBooks listing accessed April 29, 2021

https://www.abebooks.com/signed-first-edition/Vacances-Livre-d%C3%A9dicac%C3%A9-dessin-original-lauteur/30896361260/bd?cm_ven=nl&cm_cat=trg&cm_pla=want_CM&cm_ite=viewbook_high

Sempé returns to this theme often, always with delightful results. Here are four of his several New Yorker covers depicting bathers enjoying the water:

Jean-Jacques Sempé
The New Yorker, July 17, 2000

Jean-Jacques Sempé
The New Yorker, June 4, 2001

Jean-Jacques Sempé
The New Yorker, July 26, 2004

Jean-Jacques Sempé
The New Yorker, June 22, 2009

Note:  See all these and more New Yorker beach covers by Jean-Jacques Sempé here.

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