A copy of
Jean-Jacques Sempé's Tout se complique [Everything is Complicated] is inscribed by the artist to pianist John Philips. It has an original drawing of a pianist playing, if not the Moonlight Sonata, then perhaps a sonata in the moonlight. It was sold on eBay by Dunaway Books of St. Louis in September of 2007 for $135.50.
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Jean-Jacques Sempé
Tout se complique, Denoël, 1962, 1964 |
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| Inscribed "Pour John Philips, Sempé" with a drawing of a pianist playing in the moonlight |
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Information about the pianist
John Philips, likely a longtime friend of
Sempé, would be welcome as well. Did he have a prosperous concert career? Did he record more than the Milhaud piano and ondes Martenot sonata?
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