• Auction 23979

    Maurice Sendak: Artist, Collector, Connoisseur Online

    29 May 2025 - 12 June 2025, New York

    SALE TOTAL: 660,744 (USD)
81 Lots for Sale 23979
Lot 101
ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)
St. Christopher Facing Right
Plate: 4 5/8 x 3 in. (117 x 76 mm.)
Sheet: 5 3/8 x 3 ¾ in. (137 x 95 mm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$11,340
Lot 102
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (1720-1778)
The Gothic Arch, from Carceri d'invenzione
Plate: 16 ¼ x 21 ½ in. (413 x 546 mm.)
Sheet: 23 ½ x 35 in. (597 x 889 mm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$7,560
Lot 103
HENRY FUSELI (1741-1825)
A Woman Sitting by the Window (Evening Thou Bringest All), from Specimens of...
Sheet: 9 1/8 x 12 ½ in. (232 x 318 mm.)
Overall: 12 3/8 x 17 ¼ in. (314 x 438 mm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$3,528
Lot 104
GEORGE RICHMOND (1809-1896)
The Shepherd - Christ the Good Shepherd
Plate: 7 x 4 ½ in. (178 x 114 mm.)
Sheet: 11 7/8 x 8 ½ in. (302 x 216 mm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$11,340
Lot 105
GEORGE RICHMOND (1809-1896)
The Fatal Bellman
Plate: 2 ¾ x 1 7/8 in. (70 x 48 mm.)
Sheet: 6 ¼ x 4 ½ in. (159 x 114 mm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$6,048
Lot 106
EDWARD CALVERT (1799-1883)
A Memoir of Edward Calvert: Four Plates
Largest Plate: 2 x 3 ½ in. (51 x 89 mm.)
Largest Sheet: 7 ¼ x 10 5/8 in. (184 x 270 mm.)
estimate
$700 - $1,000

price realized
$5,292
Lot 107
SAMUEL PALMER (1805-1881)
The Skylark
Image: 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. (98 x 73 mm.)
Sheet: 11 ¾ x 8 5/8 in. (298 x 219 mm.)
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$3,528
Lot 108
SAMUEL PALMER (1805-1881)
The Rising Moon or An English Pastoral
Plate: 5 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. (147 x 224 mm.)
Sheet: 10 5/8 x 14 3/8 in. (270 x 365 mm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$1,386
Lot 109
SAMUEL PALMER (1805-1881)
The Early Ploughman or The Morning Spread upon the Mountains
Image: 5 1/8 x 7 ¾ in. (130 x 198 mm.)
Sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 3/8 in. (187 x 262 mm.)
estimate
$1,800 - $2,500

price realized
$1,386
Lot 110
WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827), illustrator – EDWARD YOUNG (1683-1765), author
The Complaint, and The Consolation; or Night Thoughts.
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,024
Lot 111
WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)
Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy
Each Plate: 11 x 14 in. (279 x 356 mm.)
Largest Sheet: 14 5/8 x 18 in. (371 x 457 mm.)
estimate
$3,500 - $4,500

price realized
$2,772
Lot 112
WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)
Mr. Cumberland
Plate: 1 3/8 x 3 ¼ in. (35 x 83 mm.)
Sheet: 3 7/8 x 6 ¼ in. (98 x 159 mm.)
Overall: 10 x 8 x ½ in (254 x 203 x 13 mm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$7,560
Lot 113
AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785-1851), BY ROBERT HAVELL (1793-1878)
Tropic Bird (Plate CCLXII)
engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, circa 1835, on watermarked J Whatman paper dated 1835, with margins, framed
20 ¾ x 30 ¼ in. (52.5 x 77 cm.) plate on 25 ¾ x 38 5/8 in. (65.5 x 98 cm.) sheet
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$5,292
Lot 114
AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785-1851), BY ROBERT HAVELL (1793-1878)
Fulmar Petrel (Plate CCLXIV)
engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, circa 1835, on watermarked J Whatman paper dated 1835, with margins, framed
12 1/8 x 19 ½ in. (30.8 x 49.5 cm.) plate on 25 ¾ x 38 ½ (65.5 x 95.5 cm.) sheet
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$378
Lot 115
AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785-1851), BY ROBERT HAVELL (1793-1878)
Great Tern (Plate CCCIX)
engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, circa 1836, on watermarked J Whatman paper dated 1836, with margins, framed
19 ½ x 15 ¼ in. (49.5 x 38.6 cm) plate on 38 1/8 x 25 ¾ in. (97 x 65.5 cm) sheet
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$1,638
Lot 116
AFTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785-1851), BY ROBERT HAVELL (1793-1878)
Dusky Albatros (Plate CCCCVII)
engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring, circa 1838, on watermarked J Whatman paper dated 1837, with margins
21 5/8 x 28 3/8 in. (55 x 72 cm.) plate on 25 ¾ x 38 ½ (65.5 x 95.5 cm.) sheet
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$4,032
Lot 117
JOHANN HEINRICH FÜSSLI, HENRY FUSELI, R.A. (1741-1825)
A Witch at Work
pencil on laid paper
6 ¾ x 4 5/8 in. (17.3 x 12 cm.)
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$6,930
Lot 118
SAMUEL PALMER, R.W.S. (1805-1881)
Landscape sketch
pencil on the reverse of an envelope dated 3 ? December [18]59.
2 5/8 x 4 ½ in. (6.7 x 11.5 cm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$2,142
Lot 119
RANDOLPH CALDECOTT (1846-1886)
Sketch of a cavalry charge
pen and brown ink, red, blue and brown wash on laid paper
3 3/8 x 5 1/8 in. (8.6 x 13 cm.)
estimate

This lot was withdrawn from the sale

Lot 120
DAVID COX, SEN., O.W.S. (1783-1859)
A figure before the Upper Gate, Conway Castle, North Wales
pencil and brown wash on paper
8 5/8 x 6 3/8 in. (22 x 16.3 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$882
Lot 121
FÉLIX VALLOTTON (1865-1925)
Le Joyeux Quartier Latin
Image: 7 x 8 7/8 in. (178 x 225 mm.)
Sheet: 10 x 12 ¼ in. (254 x 311 mm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$2,142
Lot 122
FÉLIX VALLOTTON (1865-1925)
La Manifestation
Image: 8 x 12 5/8 in. (203 x 321 mm.)
Sheet: 9 x 13 ¼ in. (229 x 337 mm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$4,032
Lot 123
FÉLIX VALLOTTON (1865-1925)
La Nuit
Image: 7 x 8 ¾ in. (178 x 222 mm.)
Sheet: 9 ¾ x 12 ¾ in. (248 x 324 mm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,528
Lot 124
FÉLIX VALLOTTON (1865-1925)
Le Violoncelle, from Instruments de Musique
Image: 8 7/8 x 7 in. (225 x 178 mm.)
Sheet: 12 ½ x 9 7/8 in. (317 x 250 mm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$5,670
Lot 125
FÉLIX VALLOTTON (1865-1925)
Le Piano, from Instruments de Musique
Image: 8 7/8 x 7 1/8 in. (225 x 181 mm.)
Sheet: 12 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (327 x 251 mm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$4,410
Lot 126
FÉLIX VALLOTTON (1865-1925)
Le Mensonge, from Intimités
Image: 7 1/8 x 8 7/8 in. (181 x 225 mm.)
Sheet: 9 7/8 x 12 ¾ in. (251 x 324 mm.)
estimate

This lot was withdrawn from the sale

Lot 127
FÉLIX VALLOTTON (1865-1925)
La Symphonie
Image: 8 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. (219 x 270 mm.)
Sheet: 28 x 22 ¾ in. (711 x 578 mm.)
estimate
$7,000 - $10,000

price realized
$6,048
Lot 128
ÉDOUARD VUILLARD (1868-1940)
La Patisserie, from Paysages et intérieurs
Image: 14 1/8 x 11 in. (358 x 288 mm.)
Sheet: 16 x 12 ½ in. (406 x 318 mm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$5,670
Lot 129
LOUISE NEVELSON (1899-1988)
The Louise Nevelson Sculpture for the American Book Award
Overall: 15 1/8 x 15 ¾ x 2 1/8 in. (384 x 400 x 54 mm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$3,528
Lot 130
DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)
Lithograph of Water made of lines, crayon, and two blue washes without green...
Image: 21 ¾ x 30 in. (552 x 762 mm.)
Sheet: 29 5/8 x 34 ½ in. (752 x 876 mm.)
estimate
$100,000 - $150,000

price realized
$201,600
Lot 131
DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)
Pool Made with Paper and Blue Ink for Book, from Paper Pools
Sheet: 10 ½ x 9 in. (267 x 229 mm.)
estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$63,000
Lot 132
BEATRIX POTTER (1866-1943)
Studies of mice
pencil and watercolor on paper
9 7/8 x 6 ¼ in. (25 x 15.8 cm)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$20,160
Lot 133
BEATRIX POTTER (1886-1943)
Fungi, the magnified leg of a fly, studies of a privet hawk moth and its...
lithograph on wove paper
8 ¾ x 11 ¼ in. (22 x 28.6 cm).
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$6,930
Lot 134
A LARGE CHINESE POTTERY FIGURE OF A SEATED DOG
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
26 in. (66 cm.) high
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$1,008
Lot 135
A LARGE CHINESE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A PRANCING HORSE
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25 BC-AD 220)
43 ½ in. (110.5 cm.) high
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$3,780
Lot 136
A LARGE CHINESE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A FEMALE DANCER
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
27 ½ in. (70 cm.) high
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,528
Lot 137
ERIC CARLE (1929-2021)
Butterfly
Sheet: 11 x 19 7/8 in. (279 x 509 mm.)
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$2,016
Lot 138
CHUCK JONES (1912-2002)
Bugs Bunny on Napkin
Ink on repurposed fabric napkin
17 x16 in. (sheet)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$7,560
Lot 139
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS, 1940
Pinocchio
hand-painted production celluloid acetate applied to Courvoisier background
8 ¾ x 12 5/8 in.
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$5,292
Lot 140
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS, CIRCA 1929
An Animation Drawing for Clarabelle Cow
Graphite on paper
9 3/8 x12 in. (sheet)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$882
Lot 141
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS, CIRCA 1935
An Animation Drawing for Mickey Mouse
Colored pencil and graphite on paper
9 3/8 x 12 in. (sheet)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$1,512
Lot 142
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS, 1930
The Shindig
Colored pencil and graphite on paper
9 3/8 in. by 12 in. (sheet)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$882
Lot 143
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS, 1930S
An Animation Drawing for Mickey Mouse
Colored pencil and graphite on paper
9 3/8 x 12 in. (sheet)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$5,670
Lot 144
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS, 1936
Alpine Climbers
pencil and colored pencil on paper
9 3/8 x 12 in. (sheet)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$1,260
Lot 145
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS, 1941
The Nifty Nineties
Colored pencil and graphite on paper
9 7/8 x 12 in. (sheet)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$2,142
Lot 146
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS, 1929
A Preliminary Animation Drawing for Horace Horsecollar
Colored pencil and graphite on paper
9 3/8 x 12 in. (sheet)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$756
Lot 147
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS, 1930S
A Preliminary Animation Drawing for Mickey Mouse
Graphite on paper
9 3/8 x 12 in. (sheet)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$1,386
Lot 148
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS, 1930S
Preliminary Animation Drawings for Mickey Mouse and Pluto
Ink and graphite on paper
12 x 9 3/8 in. (sheet)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$3,276
Lot 149
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS, CIRCA 1930
Preliminary Animation Drawings for Mickey Mouse with Pelicans
Colored pencil on paper
12 x 9 3/8 in. (sheet)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$2,142
Lot 150
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS, 1929
The Plowboy
Colored pencil and graphite on paper
9 3/8 x 12 in. (the sheet)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$1,512
Lot 151
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS, 1931
Fiddlin' Around
Colored pencil and graphite on paper
9 3/8 x 12 in. (the sheet)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$2,016
Lot 152
AN AMERICAN WOOL MICKEY MOUSE RUG
ALEXANDER SMITH AND SONS, CIRCA 1935
27 in. high; 45 ½ in. wide
estimate
$200 - $300

price realized
$1,638
Lot 153
AN AMERICAN HOOKED RUG OF TWO LIONS
19TH/20TH CENTURY
32 in. high; 62 1/4 in. wide
estimate
$200 - $300

price realized
$3,024
Lot 154
JOHN DUGDALE (B. 1960)
Portrait of Maurice Sendak, 2000
signed, dated and annotated in ink (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$2,520
Lot 155
JOHN DUGDALE (B. 1960)
Two Geminis, Self-Portrait with Maurice Sendak, 2000
signed, titled, dated and annotated in ink (flush mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$3,276
Lot 156
LORD SNOWDON (B. 1930)
Portrait of Maurice Sendak, 1983
dated and annotated in pencil within stamped photographer's credit and copyright reproduction limitation in ink (verso)
image/sheet: 11 ¾ x 14 1/8 in. (29.8 x 35.9 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $800

price realized
$882
Lot 157
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
Where the Wild Things Are
estimate
$6,000 - $9,000

price realized
$5,670
Lot 158
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
Wild Thing fishing from the Brooklyn Bridge
pencil on tracing paper, two sheets overlaid
14 ¼ × 11 ¼ in. (35.8 x 28.5 cm.) and 11 ½ × 6 ½ in. (29.2 x 16.5 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$7,560
Lot 159
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
Wild Thing birthday card for John Ryder
pencil on tracing paper
8 7/8 × 4 7/8 in. (22 x 11.9 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$2,016
Lot 160
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
Jennie and the Mop, from Higglety Pigglety Pop!
ink on laid paper
8 7/8 × 6 5/8 in. (22 x 16.5 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$5,292
Lot 161
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
Really Rosie
pencil on tracing paper
14 x 11 in. (35.5 x 27.9 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$4,032
Lot 162
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
Really Rosie storyboard sketches
watercolor and pencil on paper
12 × 9 in. (30.4 x 22.8 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$6,300
Lot 163
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
Rosie as a Star, from Really Rosie
pencil on tracing paper
10 ¾ × 8 ½ in. (26.1 x 20.5 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,260
Lot 164
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
Really Rosie, Kathy studies
watercolor and ink on board
13 ¾ x 15 5/8 in. (33.7 x 39.3 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,780
Lot 165
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
Higglety Pigglety Pop!, Jennie costume design
watercolor on paper
7 ¼ x 10 ½ in. (18 x 26.6 cm.)
estimate
$2,500 - $3,500

price realized
$4,788
Lot 166
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
Rosie and Buttermilk, Her Cat, from Really Rosie
watercolor on board
13 ¾ x 15 5/8 in. (33.7 x 39.3 cm.)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$8,820
Lot 167
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
Idomeneo, Finale Vision
watercolor on paper
17 ½ × 11 in. (44.4 x 27.9 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$11,970
Lot 168
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
New York Is Book Country, 20th Anniversary poster design
pencil on tracing paper
14 ½ × 11 5/8 in. (36.8 x 29.2 cm.)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$10,710
Lot 169
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
New York Is Book Country, 25th Anniversary poster artwork
watercolor and pencil on paper
12 ¾ × 9 in. (32.3 x 22.8 cm.)
estimate
$15,000 - $25,000

price realized
$17,640
Lot 170
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
Learning Is a Wild Thing, Brooklyn Children's Museum poster design
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$8,820
Lot 171
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
Higglety Pigglety Pop!, Jennie header
pencil on paper
estimate
$2,500 - $3,500

price realized
$3,528
Lot 172
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
A Christmas Mystery, mountain study
ink on paper
6 3/8 × 4 1/8 in. (16 x 10.4 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,276
Lot 173
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
Wild Thing Playing the Cello
pencil on paper
10 3/8 × 7 ½ in. (26.1 x 19 cm.)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$13,860
Lot 174
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
Where the Wild Things Are and Higglety Pigglety Pop!,...
pencil on tracing paper
30 × 20 in. (76.2 x 50.8 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $10,000

price realized
$10,710
Lot 175
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
Higglety Pigglety Pop!, lion costume design
pencil and ink on paper
18 1/8 × 4 ½ in. (45.9 x 10.4 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$4,032
Lot 176
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
Credit Crunch sketch
pencil on tracing paper
12 ¾ × 9 ¾ in. (31.2 x 23.6 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$5,040
Lot 177
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
At Home with Jack and Guy
Sheet: 14 1/8 x 19 1/8 in. (359 x 486 mm.)
estimate
$500 - $800

price realized
$1,260
Lot 178
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
Max and the Sea Monster
patinated & parcel gilt, on a stone base
13 ½ in. (33.2 cm.) high, 17 in. (43.1 cm.) wide, 12 in. (30.4 cm.) deep
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$11,970
Lot 179
WINSOR MCCAY (c1866/71-1934)
Little Nemo in Slumberland original artwork
ink on paper
each 10 7/8 × 9 ¼ in. (27.1 x 23.1 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$9,450
Lot 180
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
Freedom to Read! signed poster
color lithograph on paper
11 × 8 ½ in. (27.9 x 21.5 cm.)
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$3,024
Lot 181
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
Panorama of children's book characters
pencil on tracing paper
5 x 16 ¾ in (12.8 x 42.6 cm.)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$25,200
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