Jean-Jacques Sempé: Window View

Jean-Jacques Sempé, who passed away on August 11, left us a trove of outstanding cartoon work. In an untitled ink and wash drawing, a man in a three-piece suit surveys his world from a garden window. The art was sold at Christie's Paris in 2017.

Jean-Jacques Sempé
Christie's Paris, December 4, 2017, Lot 60

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/drawings-watercolors/sempe-sans-titre-6116957-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=6116957&sid=1822bb6e-a470-4b08-95a2-2691c88824ea

Note:  If this drawing, or one similar to it, was published, please let me know.

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Jean-Jacques Sempé: L'ami Gustave

Jean-Jacques Sempé's watercolor L'ami Gustave was sold at auction at the end of 2017, the year in which it was painted. Gustav is depicted wearing drab 19th century dress with a drab 19th century expression standing amidst rolling hills with lush wildflowers.

Jean-Jacques Sempé
L'ami Gustave

Jean-Jacques Sempé
Christie's Paris

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/drawings-watercolors/sempe-lami-gustave-6116956-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=6116956&sid=1822bb6e-a470-4b08-95a2-2691c88824ea

Note:  I really don't understand how the French go about capitalizing titles. Sempé penned his title as l'ami Gustave—clearly insufficient for my tastes—and Christie's published it as L'ami Gustave—maybe just slightly better. Despite my lack of credentials in high school French, I strongly want it to be L'Ami Gustave. I'd sit down and have a word with the Académie française, but then the organization can't even capitalize both ends of its own name. It all seems quite hopeless.

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