Maurice Sendak
(American, 1928–2012)
Original Sketch for Hansel and Gretel Poster, ca. 1997
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
$1,200 -
1,800
Lot Description
Maurice Sendak
(American, 1928–2012)
Original Sketch for Hansel and Gretel Poster, ca. 1997
graphite on opaque tracing paper
signed Maurice Sendak (lower right)
Image size: 4 x 4 in. (10.2 x 10.2 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. 132, illustrated (colored finished work).
Note
This sketch was created for a 1997 production of Hansel and Gretel at the Houston Opera House, whose costumes and sets were designed by Sendak.
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