Maurice Sendak (American, 1928-2012) Micky & Me, 1978 Offset lithograph in colors on paper 17-1/8 x 14-1/4 inches (43.5 x 36.2 cm) (image) Ed. 54/500 Signed lower right: Maurice Sendak 50 Years of Sendak: The Museum Tour Collection EXHIBITED: Animazing Gallery, New York, "Sendak in SoHo," October 1-November 8, 2009; AFA Gallery, New York, "Maurice Sendak Retrospective," June 9-September 3, 2012; Maurice Sendak: 50 Years, 50 Works, 50 Reasons, traveling exhibition: AFA Gallery, New York, June 9-September 3, 2012; Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, California, February 16-April 28, 2013; Walt Disney Family Museum, San Francisco, California, May 23-July 7, 2013; Portland Public Library, Maine, August 2013-July 2014; Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, Illinois, July 19-September 19, 2014; Salt Lake City Library, Utah, January 17-March 8, 2015; Houston Public Library, Texas, March-May 2015; Nashville Public Library, Tennessee, May-June 28, 2015; Milwaukee Public Library, Wisconsin, July 11-August 23, 2015; Toronto Public Library, Canada, December 19, 2015-January 31, 2016; Monroe County Public Library, Bloomington, Indiana, February 12, 2016-March 26, 2016; Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan, April 9-May 22, 2016; Phoenix Public Library, Arizona, June 2-July 17, 2016; Biggs Art Museum, Dover, Delaware, July 30-September 11, 2016; Syracuse University Art Galleries, New York, September 20-October 23, 2016; Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois, November 10, 2016-February 20, 2017; Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York, April 1-May 17, 2017; Vero Beach Museum of Art, Florida, September 23-December 30, 2017; Albany County Public Library, Laramie, Wyoming, May 30-July 8, 2017; East Baton Rouge Public Library, Louisiana, January 16-February 25, 2018; Metropolitan Library, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, June 15-July 9, 2019; Gaston Public Library, North Carolina, December 16, 2019-January 25, 2020; South Shore Arts, Munster, Indiana, February 14-April 12, 2020; Fort Worth Public Library, Texas, November 13, 2021-January 31, 2022; Community Fine Arts Center Rock Springs, Wyoming, September 1-October 8, 2022; North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota, March 14-May 12, 2024. LITERATURE: S. G. Lanes, The Art of Maurice Sendak, New York, 1980, p.8, illustrated; L.M. Poole, Maurice Sendak: And the Art of Children's Book Illustration, Great Britain, 1996, p.187, illustrated; M. Sendak, Posters, New York, 1996, p.5, illustrated. Maurice Sendak and Mickey Mouse entered this world in the same year and Sendak remained a devoted fan of Mickey and Walt Disney throughout his life. The image used in the present work was first published in the November 18, 1978 TV Guide magazine article Growing Up with Mickey written by Sendak marking both his and Mickey's 50th birthdays with childhood memories and Mickey's influence on him. The work is accompanied by a signed and numbered offset lithograph print. HID12401132022 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice