Christies: Maurice Sendak: Artist, Collector, Connoisseur, 23946, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 10, 2025 - June 10, 2025
Page Size: 57 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)

The Pastorals of Virgil

circa1821 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,788.00
27 WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)

The Man Sweeping the Interpreter's Parlor

circa1822 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 Not Sold
28 WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)

Oberon and Titania on a Lily

USD 400,000.00 - 600,000.00 Not Sold
29 WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)

Songs of Innocence

1789 USD 1,000,000.00 - 1,500,000.00 USD 1,260,000.00
30 WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)

Songs of Experience

1794 [but1793]. USD 1,000,000.00 - 1,500,000.00 USD 1,865,000.00
31 PHILIPP OTTO RUNGE (WOLGAST 1777-1810 HAMBURG)

Oak leaves silhouette

USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 13,860.00
32 PHILIPP OTTO RUNGE (WOLGAST 1777-1810 HAMBURG)

Apple blossom with two leafs

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 18,900.00
33 PHILIPP OTTO RUNGE (WOLGAST 1777-1810 HAMBURG)

Study of heads and hands

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 21,420.00
34 PHILIPP OTTO RUNGE (1777-1810)

Die Vier Tageszeiten (The Four Times of Day)

1803-1805 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 Not Sold
35 JOHANN HEINRICH FUSSLI, HENRY FUSELI, R.A. (1741-1845)

Callipyga: Mrs. Fuseli with her skirts lifted to her waist standing before a dressing table with phallic supports

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 16,380.00
36 JOHANN HEINRICH FUSSLI, HENRY FUSELI, R.A. (1741- 1825)

Martha Hesse as Silence (recto); Study of two figures (verso)

USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 Not Sold
37 EDOUARD VUILLARD (1868-1940)

Interieur aux tentures roses I and Interieur aux tentures roses II, from Paysages et interieurs

Paris 1899 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 16,380.00
38 HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901)

Femme au tub - Le tub, from Elles

Paris 1896 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 37,800.00
39 FELIX VALLOTTON (1865-1925)

Le Bain

Paris 1894 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 20,160.00
40 FELIX VALLOTTON (1865-1925)

La Paresse

1896 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 27,720.00
41 PAUL CEZANNE (1839-1906)

Les Baigneurs (Large Plate)

Paris circa1896-1898 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 35,280.00
42 WINSLOW HOMER (1836-1910)

The Life Line

1884, 1887 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 Not Sold
43 JAMES ENSOR (1860-1949)

Grande vue de Mariakerke

1887 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
44 JEAN DUBUFFET (1901-1985)

Les Murs - 12 Poemes de Guillevic

1945 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 7,560.00
45 PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

Minotaure aveugle guide par une Fillette, II, from La Suite Vollard

Paris 1934, 1939 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 20,160.00
46 BEATRIX POTTER (1866-1943)

A Snail guarding their Nest

USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 40,320.00
47 CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG (B. 1949)

'It was wrapped in an apron of steam.' (Cover Illustration for The Polar Express)

USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 94,500.00
48 CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG (B. 1949)

'On Christmas Eve, many years ago, I lay quietly in my bed.' (Illustration for The Polar Express)

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 47,880.00
49 JEAN DE BRUNHOFF (1899-1937)

Babar and Father Christmas

USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 25,200.00
50 WALT DISNEY STUDIOS

Mickey Mouse Waddle Book

New York: [1934] USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,820.00
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