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MAURICE SENDAK.
Ida with Her Wunderhorn.
Image based on his work “Outside Over There.” Etching, drypoint, aquatint, mezzotint
with roulette additions printed from one copper plate. 356x368 mm; 14x14
1
/
2
inches,
sheet, on white wove, mouldmade, Lana paper. Signed, dated `02, and numbered 8/9 in
pencil, lower margin. An early state of this image. [Mt. Kisco:Tyler Press, circa 1979]
[10,000/15,000]
In the1970s Sendak began collaborating with printmaker KennethTyler while working on sets
and costumes for Mozart’s The Magic Flute and Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker.The operas
inspired him to create a wealth of sketches, drawings, and watercolors. Some of them appeared
in his beloved book Nutcracker and others were printed at Tyler Graphics between 1977 and
1984, and again in 2002, employing lithography and intaglio processes. “Sendak’s love of
drawing and his joy in the collaborative process resulted in numerous states for each image . . .
But circumstances prevented any of these editions from being published. Sendak went on to
hand-watercolor some of the black-and-white intaglios, including Wild Thing and Ida”—see
Marabeth Cohen-Tyler:
for more information on
this collaboration.They have never before appeared at auction: the prints were apportioned to
the artist, to the National Gallery of Australia’s Kenneth Tyler Print Collection, and to
KennethTyler himself for his personal collection.This print was acquired directly from Sendak.
