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Where the Wild Things Are preliminary by Maurice Sendak

Owner: Mike Rice
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
Views:	309
Likes on CAF:	9 10
Added to Site:	7/16/2023

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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