Sale 2107
| New York
| New York
Estimate$7,000 – $10,000
Provenance
From the collection of Justin G. Schiller
Exhibited
The Society of Illustrators, New York, "Maurice Sendak, Genius of American Picture Books Exhibition and Sale," April 1-July 10, 2021
Literature
J.G. Schiller, D.M.V. David, L.S. Marcus, Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of the Artist and His Work, New York, 2013, p. 176, illustrated (finished work)
Note
An original watercolor illustration for a story by Else Minarik, published in Nick Jr. magazine (December/January 2002, p. 61). It was the first Little Bear story to be published since 1968. Together with a full-page preparatory pencil sketch of the same image.
Framed: 16 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.
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