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Lot Essay
Early sketch depicting the Wild Thing characters that Sendak came to call Bernard and Moishe. Moishe has his reading glasses on and is engrossed in a finely bound copy of fairy tales. Bernard is preparing to feast on a stack of books. The authors reflect some of Sendak's own favorite children's authors: the spines show books by Richard Hughes, the Brothers Grimm, Randolph Caldecott, and William Nicholson.
According to The Sendak Foundation records, this sketch was made for the Times Saturday Review in conjunction with the first English edition of Where the Wild Things Are in 1967. The literary feast motif was reused by Sendak later in both advertising for The Strand Bookstore and for the New York is Book Country festival, but its first use was for the Times. The pencil notes in the margins read 'tilt him into him,' 'Macmillan statement Jan,' and 'possibly s[?] tale?? Definitely!' See Schiller, Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of His Life and Work, p.202.
According to The Sendak Foundation records, this sketch was made for the Times Saturday Review in conjunction with the first English edition of Where the Wild Things Are in 1967. The literary feast motif was reused by Sendak later in both advertising for The Strand Bookstore and for the New York is Book Country festival, but its first use was for the Times. The pencil notes in the margins read 'tilt him into him,' 'Macmillan statement Jan,' and 'possibly s[?] tale?? Definitely!' See Schiller, Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of His Life and Work, p.202.