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Sale 2574 | Lot 54
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Sale 2574 - Lot 54
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
Jennie. Two studies of the famous performing Sealyham terrier for the 1985 opera adaptation of his work Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or, There Must Be More to Life by Oliver Knussen for the Glyndebourne Festival, Sussex, England. Graphite on thin paper. 168x135 mm; 6 1/2x5 1/2 inches, on 11 1/4x9-inch sheet. Signed "Maurice Sendak" in lower right image. Not dated. Adhered to matte with archival tape; framed.
Jennie. Two studies of the famous performing Sealyham terrier for the 1985 opera adaptation of his work Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or, There Must Be More to Life by Oliver Knussen for the Glyndebourne Festival, Sussex, England. Graphite on thin paper. 168x135 mm; 6 1/2x5 1/2 inches, on 11 1/4x9-inch sheet. Signed "Maurice Sendak" in lower right image. Not dated. Adhered to matte with archival tape; framed.
Condition:
Sheet and sketches are nice and clean. Sheet is very slightly wrinkled with hard crease running width of sheet about 3 inches from lower edge (crease falls below matte line). Adhered to matte with archival tape along upper edge and two lower corners.
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