Maurice Sendak
Maurice Sendak (American, 1928–2012)
Me and Mickey/Growing Up with Mickey, 1978
Sale 2107 - Collections of an Only Child: Seventy Years a Bibliophile, the Library of Justin G. Schiller
Dec 5, 2024
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Estimate
$15,000 -
25,000
Lot Description
Maurice Sendak
Maurice Sendak (American, 1928–2012)
Me and Mickey/Growing Up with Mickey, 1978
graphite on opaque tracing paper
signed Maurice Sendak (lower right) and dated Aug 28, 78 (lower right)
Image size: 7 x 6 in. (17.8 x 15.2 cm)
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Provenance
From the collection of Justin G. Schiller
Literature
TV Guide, Vol. 26, No. 45: Issue #1337, November 11, 1978, pp. 16-18
J.G. Schiller, D.M.V. David, L.S. Marcus, Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of the Artist and His Work, New York, 2013, p. 168, illustrated
Note
This work was a preliminary drawing for a TV Guide article by Sendak on his affinity with Mickey Mouse. The design was subsequently used for a limited edition poster produced by the Rosenbach Museum & Library (1981) for their exhibition Maurice Sendak: The Artist's Collection of Children's Toys, Books, and Drawings.
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