Sempé; A Question of Balance Postcards

Description

A set of 24 postcards on a cycling theme, presented in a cloth-covered clam shell box, featuring illustrations by Jean-Jacques Sempé, one of the most successful and best-loved cartoonists in the world. Sempé’s drawings and watercolours are funny, charming and instantly appealing.

The postcards feature cyclists of all shapes and sizes: there are professional racers as well grannies with baskets full of shopping, small children wobbling along on two wheels for the first time and couples in love who are more than happy to squeeze onto a bicycle made for one.

Jean-Jacques Sempé (b.1932) is one of the world’s most successful illustrators and cartoonists. He is the illustrator of the classic children’s-book character, Nicholas, and author of a collection of some thirty albums of his cartoons and graphic novels, all published or to be published by Phaidon. His world-renowned illustrations and cartoons are featured on the cover of the New Yorker and in Paris Match.