The Sixties Catalogue

T h e S I X T I E S 64 Signed By Maurice Sendak: An Original Large Drawing Of Max And A Wild Thing 62. SENDAK, Maurice. Original drawing signed. No place, no date. Single sheet, measuring 11-1/2 by 9 inches; handsomely matted and framed, entire piece measures 21-1/2 by 19 inches. $18,500. Click for more info Original large pencil drawing of Max, dressed in his monster suit, playing with the wild thing “Moishe” from Where the Wild Things Are, signed by Sendak. “Sendak’s exploration of the realms of the unconscious in Where the Wild Things Are … lifts his work beyond the confines of the children’s picture book, and places it among major art of the 20th century” (Carpenter & Prichard, 476- 77). Sendak named the individual wild things after his relatives; the wild thing depicted here is “Moishe.” Fine condition.