NEW YORK (AP) – A Maurice Sendak picture story, originally a pamphlet for a 1970 museum fundraiser, will be coming out in book form next year.
Abracadabra! Maurice Sendak’s ‘Ten Little Rabbits’ to publish in book form
Calling all Wild Things: Heritage plans epic June 30 Maurice Sendak auction
DALLAS — Maurice Sendak, perhaps the greatest children’s book author and illustrator of our time, has more in common with the Brothers Grimm than most would admit. But Sendak would admit it, being a fan of the Grimms’ grim tales to the point of collecting and illustrating them. Like the Grimms, Sendak was interested in the way the world looks and feels to kids who have to negotiate it, and he knew that stories could tell us some unvarnished and necessary truths about human nature (and nature itself) in a way that could fire their young imaginations while shooting straight about the hopes, fears, dangers and pleasures of growing up. After World War II, as Disney continued to clean up Grimm’s dark universe and kids books played it increasingly safe, Sendak went against the grain, and through his masterpieces such as Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen, and Really Rosie gave us expansive, complicated, interesting kids with big interior worlds — stories that did absolutely nothing to flatter the egos of grownups. In the process, Sendak became an American treasure. Sendak’s artwork is some of the most recognizable and beloved of the last century.
Trio of Ernie Barnes works could together top $800K at Heritage, May 12
Ernie Barnes, ‘Quintet,’ estimated at $500,000-$700,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com
DALLAS — Heritage Auctions‘ Diverse Visions: Important Works by American Masters Signature® Auction, taking place Friday, May 12, promises much and is sure to deliver. Works in the sale represent the apex of American artistic achievement, with a host of both expected and unexpected pieces by names that make collectors and institutions sit up and pay attention: George Bellows, Charles White, George Tooker, Maurice Sendak and Winslow Homer. There are only 68 lots in the May 12 lineup, and each one of them is remarkable. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Sendak, Rothko, Finster and other greats appear at Heritage, Nov. 4
DALLAS – Works by Maurice Sendak, Mark Rothko, Maynard Dixon, Thomas Moran and the self-taught artist Howard Finster all appear in Heritage Auctions‘ much-anticipated American Art Signature® Auction, scheduled for Friday, November 4. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Ohio museum debuts major Maurice Sendak exhibition with a new twist
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Most people today know artist Maurice Sendak as the creator of children’s book classics such as Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen. A new exhibition of his work looks at that reputation and a less well-known side of his immense output: his work as a designer for opera, theater, film and television.
An education in back-to-school-themed collectibles
NEW YORK — Goodbye swimsuits, hello backpacks. The arrival of the end of August and the Labor Day weekend signifies the unofficial end of summer as schools ready to reopen. There’s no better time to look at classic children’s books that have become fixtures of school classrooms and libraries and delighted families at home.
Sendak-signed advance book proof could be bestseller at JG, Aug. 23
DANVERS, Mass. – JG.Limited, the recently-formed auction arm of the venerable collectibles powerhouse JG Autographs, Inc., is holding its inaugural online-only sale through Tuesday, August 23. The 500-lot History & Culture auction features items relating to JFK, Thomas Jefferson, the Wright Brothers and Harry Truman. View the fully illustrated catalog on LiveAuctioneers.
Sendak romps, Peale’s Washington saluted at Heritage American art sale
Left: Maurice Sendak, ‘Let the Wild Rumpus Start! (Happy Birthday Wild Things!),’ $212,500; Right: Rembrandt Peale portrait of George Washington, $591,000. Images courtesy of Heritage Auctions
DALLAS – Spanning George Washington to the Wild Things, Heritage Auctions’ latest American Art Signature® Auction set numerous auction records May 10 on its way to a $6 million finish.
American art and illustration luminaries grace Heritage May 10 auction
DALLAS – Heritage Auctions will soon hold one of the most comprehensive – and jubilant – American art events in recent memory. In the words of Senior Vice President Aviva Lehmann, the May 10 American Art Signature® Auction, featuring 150 works, is “a museum-quality auction showing off our strength and ability to curate a perfect sale that covers every genre of American art.” Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Thanksgiving-themed Rockwell topped Heritage sale at $4.3M
DALLAS – Norman Rockwell’s Home for Thanksgiving has a new home, just in time for Thanksgiving, as the beloved painting of a doting mother and her soldier son peeling potatoes sold Friday at Heritage Auctions for more than $4.3 million.