Maurice Sendak: Artist, Collector, Connoisseur

Sale Overview

This June, Christie’s will offer a selection of works from the artist and author’s personal collection in Maurice Sendak: Artist, Collector, Connoisseur. Works by George Stubbs and Johann Heinrich Fuseli sit alongside original Sendak artworks, providing collectors a peek into the dazzling mind behind such classics as Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen. Among the most anticipated lots are Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by poet and artist William Blake, whose fantastical visions inspired Sendak’s own dreamlike worlds.

To help ensure that children will continue to be enchanted by the next generation of visual storytellers, this sale will support the Sendak Fellowship at the Maurice Sendak Foundation, a residency programme that encourages, teaches and supports artists who tell stories with illustration.

Auction times

10 Jun 11:00 AM (EDT) Lots 1-58

Our specialist’s selection

Brought to you by

Nathalie Ferneau

Head of Sale, Junior Specialist | Private & Iconic Collections

Nathalie Ferneau is a junior specialist in the Private and Iconic collections department. She has acted as head of sale for exciting Iconic sales such as The Collection of André Leon Talley (2023), The Collection of Sir Elton John: Goodbye Peachtree Road (2023) and most recently Unapologetically Iris: The Collection of Iris Apfel (2025). Nathalie has also contributed to landmark collection sales such as The Ann and Gordon Getty Collection (2022-2023) and Gen One: Innovations from the Paul G. Allen Collection (2024).

Prior to joining the Private and Iconic team, Nathalie worked in the Christie’s Antiquities department. She holds a BA in Classical Archaeology from Dartmouth College.