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Where the Wild Things Are preliminary by Maurice Sendak

Artist: Maurice Sendak (Penciller)

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Title:	Where the Wild Things Are preliminary by Maurice Sendak
Artist:	Maurice Sendak (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pencil
Art Type:	Prelim
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	309
Likes on CAF:	9 10
Comments:	9
Added to Site:	7/16/2023
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Description

Back in 2008, I found this wonderful cover by Kaare Andrews. At the time, I said I was certain it would be the closest I would come to owning an original by Maurice Sendak.

I was wrong.

Not only do I now have a Sendak original hanging on my wall, but it's a Where the Wild Things Are original as well.

Sendak and his illustrated books were a huge part of my childhood. I remember getting lost in the detailed lines of his illustrations. To own something by his hand is truly special to me.

Exhibited at the Society of Illustrators and published in the 2013 "Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of the Artist and His Work," this preliminary work was a study for the entrance to an installation in San Francisco. Signed in the lower right.

All the Wild Things are there, as is Max, and ready for the Wild Rumpus.

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	Mike Rice
Joined:	August 2003
Last Login:	September 2025
Country:	UNITED STATES
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ilia georgiev
Member Since 2006

Posted on 7/16/2023

Congrats on getting an original piece of art from a seminal Sendak book that impact a genre. Whew!

Carmine Gawain
Member Since 2010

Posted on 7/16/2023

Awesome piece - congrats

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 7/17/2023

Wonderful work that is so welcoming into that world of imagination that we all experienced as children. Reading it as an adult hits you differently.

Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006

Posted on 7/17/2023

I roar my terrible roar in your honor, good sir.

Dave W
Member Since 2006

Posted on 7/17/2023

Mind blowingly great addition! Wow, I am dumbfounded. Congrats!!!!

Peter Sullivan
Member Since 2006

Posted on 7/17/2023

How lovely! Sendaks work is remarkable.

skrilla 1212
Member Since 2010

Posted on 7/19/2023

Magnificent Mike. Wow is right. Can't think of a more touchstone work for generations of kids, and how many became lovers of art (probably subconsciously) through that book. Count me in that number.

Bill J
Member Since 2009

Posted on 7/26/2023

Wow! Never seen a Maurice Sendak original in anyone's collection before! I've always loved his work, especially "Where the Wild Things Are"! And now you've got a prelim from this very book! Congrats--That's an amazing piece of illustration history!

Mike Rice
Member Since 2003

1 - Posted on 7/26/2023

Bill J wrote:

C'mon over any time. It's better in person.

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