New York

Limited Edition 2025 – Sempé Puzzle New York, 1000 pieces.

Made in France, size 48 × 68.5 cm.

⚠️ Pre-order – shipping end of November

After Paris, New York is the city of predilection for Jean-Jacques Sempé's drawings. Unique for a Frenchman, he drew 101 covers of The New Yorker, fulfilling his teenage dream. Who can capture the poetry and irony of the megalopolis with such subtlety, if not this detail artist with a humorous look? With Sempé New York is a festival of colors and styles, through its communities, its rites and its incessant movement.

Feline presence, graceful silhouette, purring accomplice ... Under the affectionate trait of Jean-Jacques Sempé, cats become mysterious and endearing characters. The compositions of these drawings often revolve around their pensive gaze on the world. Silent spectator of the city, the cat oscillates between the fascination for the agitation, and the melancholy of not being part of it.

Drawing on the excessiveness of his favorite cities, Paris and New York, Jean-Jacques Sempé always manages to combine urbanism and poetry, in compositions that (re)reconcile the minuscule and the gigantic. So, no matter how far away the horizon may be, all you have to do is bend over and the buildings will let the moonlight escape. Let's meet up for a sweet night at the seventh skyscraper.

For several years now, Soledad has been collaborating with Image Republic, creating a very colourful collection of feminine illustrations.

Saul Steinberg drew 87 covers for The New Yorker! The March 29th of 1976 cover is ranked 4th largest magazine cover of the second half of the 20th century by the American Society of Magazine Editors. On this "View of the World from 9th Avenue", Steinberg captures in a few tasty details the perception that New Yorkers at the time had of the rest of the United States and the world: desert, rock, Kansas City, Nebraska, Las Vegas, and beyond the Pacific, the silhouettes of Japan, China and Russia!

In New York, love is found at the corner of 6th Avenue and 55th Street, along the inevitable traffic jams. Monsieur Z pays tribute to the artist Robert Indiana, whose pop sculptures adorn the city. The red letters are combined with those of the NYPD, the fire hydrant and the umbrellas of the hot-dog vendors.