Maurice Sendak
(American, 1928–2012)
The Master Thief, 1973
Sale 2107 - Collections of an Only Child: Seventy Years a Bibliophile, the Library of Justin G. Schiller
Dec 5, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / New York
Estimate
$8,000 -
12,000
Lot Description
Maurice Sendak
(American, 1928–2012)
The Master Thief, 1973
ink on paper
signed Maurice Sendak (lower right)
Image size: 4 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. (11.4 x 9.2 cm)
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Provenance
From the collection of Justin G. Schiller
Literature
Maurice Sendak, The Juniper Tree and Other Tales, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1973, Vol. 1, p. 120
J.G. Schiller, D.M.V. David, L.S. Marcus, Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of the Artist and His Work, New York, 2013, p. 54, illustrated
Note
Sendak's extraordinarily detailed alternate design for "The "Master Thief" for The Juniper Tree and Other Tales (1973).
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