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MAURICE SENDAK.
Kiko’s Ferryboat.A collaborative drawing by Sendak and four-year-old Nicholas Hentoff
during an outing at the beach on Fire Island in 1965. Pen, ink, and watercolor on paper.
298x229 mm; 11
3
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4
x9 inches. Signed and inscribed, “To Kiko - For a nice afternoon!
Maurice Sendak.” Faint matte burn along edges from prior matting.
[5,000/7,500]
In a profile on Sendak published byThe NewYorker on January 22, 1966, Nat Hentoff recalls his
son Nick returning from a thwarted attempt to play with some older children,“Then, observing that
Sendak had been sketching, Nicholas asked,‘Can you make me a ferryboat?’ Sendak did, and then
drew other pictures at Nicholas’ request, including some of seagulls - creatures that my son is very
fond of.The next day, Sendak dropped in at our house with a water-color scene that contained all
the boats, birds, and fishes Nicholas had asked for the previous afternoon.”