Maurice Sendak
(American, 1928–2012)
Wild Thing, ca. 1979
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
$10,000 -
15,000
Lot Description
Maurice Sendak
(American, 1928–2012)
Wild Thing, ca. 1979
etching on arches paper
signed Maurice Sendak (lower right)
plate size: 20 3/4 x 16 3/4 in. (52.7 x 42.5 cm)
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Provenance
From the collection of Justin G. Schiller
Literature
J.G. Schiller, D.M.V. David, L.S. Marcus, Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of the Artist and His Work, New York, 2013, p. 154, illustrated
Note
Depicts "Moishe" Wild Thing, in the moonlight with a sunflower. Etched and printed in 1979, and signed by Sendak in 2002.
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