[Literature & Art] Sempé, Jean-Jacques. (b. 1932)
Violoncelliste - ORIGINAL DRAWING
A characteristically playful drawing by the beloved and celebrated French artist, longtime contributor to the New Yorker magazine, whose work frequently penetrates the world of musicians, capturing performing artists with subtlety and sweetness in a few perfect lines. The present drawing, accomplished in ink and pencil, is signed and dated 1979. Off-white paper, 20 x 16 cm. Tipped along the upper edge to the mat and in fine condition.The musicians of Sempé's 1987 collection "The Musicians" are caught in an overwhelming culture, but - like the speck-sized cellist of the last page and like our similar example - they move "towards a simpler world" through the music they make. The New York Times praised that collection as "a delicious, evocative album of caricature. . . . Sempe's line becomes music" and Leonard Bernstein wrote that "Sempe is a comedic genius, who gives all of us musicians the invaluable gift of redeeming our solemnity with the grace of humor." (11499)
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