WONDERFUL ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY SENDEK OF HIS MOST FAMOUS CREATURES IN ACTION FROM THE EXPERT WHO LITERALLY WROTE THE BOOK.
Maurice Sendak (American, 1928-2012)
Snake Chasm, Bell Atlantic advertisement studies (nine panels on two sheets), 1997
Pencil on paper
5-3/4 x 11 inches (14.6 x 27.9 cm) (largest, sight)
Both sheets signed lower right
Property from the Collection of Justin Schiller, author of Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of the Artist and His Work and prominently featured in the boook.
EXHIBITED:
The Society of Illustrators, New York, “Maurice Sendak, Genius of American Picture Books Exhibition and Sale,” April 1-July 10, 2021.
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. 87, top strip illustrated.
The present work comprises original drawings for the Bell Atlantic: Wild Things Are Happening campaigns – “Omnibus” (annotated: ‘Monster Swings Snake”), “Boy Takes Snake”, and “Waving Goodbye.” The copyright holder of all artworks by Maurice Sendak is retained by the Maurice Sendak Foundation, Inc. and any reproduction is strictly forbidden.