François Bouçher,
Two Satyrs
, chalk drawing, circa 1740s. $12,000 to $18,000.
Maurice Sendak,
Where theWildThings Are
, 25th Anniversary Edition,
signed and with an ink drawing, NewYork, 1988. $5,000 to $7,500.
Recognizing a resurgence of interest in Old Master Drawings—including recent exhibits at the Frick and the Morgan Library—Swann is reinstating our Old Master Drawings sale following
a five-year hiatus.The auction coincides with Master DrawingsWeek in NewYork, and features Guido Reni,
Head of aWoman Looking to the Left
, black and red chalk drawing, circa 1639-40,
which may be related to the head of Cleopatra in Sir Denis Mahon’s collection; François Bouçher,
Two Satyrs
, black and white chalk study for two figures in the Beauvais tapestry of Neptune
Rescuing Anymone; and Joris Hoefnagel,
Still Life with Flowers, Insects and a Snail,
watercolor, gouache and gold on vellum, 1589, with a Latin inscription reading,“Omnia mutantur, nihil interit,”
i.e.“Everything changes, nothing perishes,” from Ovid’s
Metamorphoses
.
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Previous Page: Alphonse Mucha,
Moet & Chandon / Grand Cremant Imperial
(detail), 1899. $10,000 to $15,000.At auction February 5.
Cover: Barkley L. Hendricks,
The Hawk, Blah, Blah, Blah
, oil and DayGlo on canvas, 1970. $75,000 to $100,000.At auction February 14.
20TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATION
ORIGINAL ART • BOOKS, FEATURING MAURICE SENDAK
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This visual treat of a sale—scheduled during Bibliography Week in NewYork—includes an
extensive selection of original 20th-century illustration art and books.There are illustrations
by Charles Addams, Ludwig Bemelmans, Edward J. Detmold, Disney Studios, Al Hirschfeld,
Ed Koren, Beatrix Potter, Jessie Willcox Smith, Dr. Seuss, Edward Sorel, Gar th Williams
and others. Of special note is an iconic book jacket design by Fred Marcellino for
Thomas Pynchon’s
Slow Learner
, which represents the first public offering of work from this
influential designer and illustrator, and several car toon strips and drawings such as
Li’l
Abner, Mickey Mouse
and an early Sunday
Peanuts
strip by Charles M. Schulz.
The book section contains a private collection of works written and/or illustrated by
Maurice Sendak from the library of the late Reed Orenstein, bookseller and longtime
Sendak collector. Included are most of his impor tant works in first edition, many signed,
and several with small sketches and inscriptions. There are unique copies of
Where the
Wild Things Are
; scarce, signed firsts of
Seven Little Stories on Big Subjects
and
In the Night
Kitchen
; as well as some related ephemera. Edward Gorey lovers will find a small section of
signed, limited first editions, and an unpublished original watercolor. Desirable classic works
illustrated by Edmund Dulac,Willy Pogány and Arthur Rackham represent the earlier part
of the century.
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