Maurice Sendak is of course the renowned author and illustrator of children’s books such as Where the Wild Things Are (1963) and In the Night Kitchen (1970), but less well-known are his works for ...

Now Christie’s is riding the current wave of interest by offering a collection of wide-ranging artworks that inspired the artist and author throughout his life, as well as artworks by the artist ...

Maurice Sendak’s books were shaped by his own childhood: one marked by the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the concentration camp deaths of most of his extended family, and parents consumed by depression ...

From erotic drawings to Mickey Mouse on a motorcycle, works in the author’s home nurtured his creativity. They’ll star at Christie’s June sales. A detail of Maurice Sendak’s Disneyana collection.

In Ten Little Rabbits, a new posthumous picture book by Maurice Sendak, Mino the Magician waves his wand and, poof, a rabbit appears. Another wave and out springs a second and then a third. By the ...

An upcoming edition of “Hansel and Gretel” combines the dark and singular talents of two literary giants who apparently never met: Stephen King and the late Maurice Sendak. HarperCollins Publishers ...

Maurice Sendak is best known for the 1963 children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are.” But the Skirball Cultural Center will put a microscope on the whole of his career with “Wild Things Are Happening ...

Heritage’s May 19 American Art Signature® Auction realized more than $6.14 million and achieved a 90% sell-through rate by lot and more than 95% by value. Heritage’s May 19 American Art Signature® ...

His slippers are tucked under the drawing table, the watercolors and colored pencils just where he left them. And wild things — creature toys and posters — lie all around. Maurice Sendak died six ...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist remembers the "Where the Wild Things Are" author. By Andy Lewis Maurice Sendak - H 2012 Maurice changed the way people looked at children’s literature. He was ...

More than 20 years ago, children's author and illustrator Maurice Sendak and his friend Arthur Yorinks collaborated on a book. But they were both busy with other projects at the time, and they never ...