Wild Things: The Art of Maurice Sendak

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Maurice Sendak

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Description

  • Maurice Sendak
  • Wild Thing
  • Paper, Ink
Etching 
Signed Maurice Sendak (lower right)
29 3/4 x 26 in.; 76 x 66 cm
Executed circa 1979

Catalogue Note

This print shows Moishe Wild Thing surrounded by elements that evoke Sendak's 1981 publication, Outside Over There: the beach and tall-masted ship in the background, a prominent sunflower in the foreground, and the full moon above.