Sendak (Maurice) Autograph letter signed ('Maurice') inside a note...
Sendak (Maurice) Autograph letter signed ('Maurice') inside a note card featuring Sendak's art from the cover of Nutcracker and addressed to Minnie, reading in part "The rocks arrived -they are lovely pieces- and I thank you -again- with all my heart! I am hoping for a quiet year ahead illustrating a Grimm tale and staying put - I am tired of travelling and theatre projects. And look forward to creeping back into my old role as book illustrator", December 1986; autograph letter signed ('Maurice') inside a blank note card featuring Sendak's art from the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine No. 229 and addressed to the same recipient, reading "The rocks arrived while I was away working in England. They are wonderful, of course, and very much appreciated. Thank you again and again. My animals. I have but one. My darling Golden Retriever, Io, had to be put to sleep 2 weeks ago. She was 15 1/2 and I held her and stayed with her to the end. It is so sad, naturally, but the memory fills me with a kind of joy. I have a 3 1/2 year old German Shepherd named Runge after a German painter (19th century). It was anything but a lazy year - too full! This coming year will be lazy-ish. worked all year on a picture book - a Grimm tale (my first book in 8 years!). I am in love with it and it gets published next year", 29 December 1987 (2)
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Sendak (Maurice) Autograph letter signed ('Maurice') inside a note card featuring Sendak's art from the cover of Nutcracker and addressed to Minnie, reading in part "The rocks arrived -they are lovely pieces- and I thank you -again- with all my heart! I am hoping for a quiet year ahead illustrating a Grimm tale and staying put - I am tired of travelling and theatre projects. And look forward to creeping back into my old role as book illustrator", December 1986; autograph letter signed ('Maurice') inside a blank note card featuring Sendak's art from the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine No. 229 and addressed to the same recipient, reading "The rocks arrived while I was away working in England. They are wonderful, of course, and very much appreciated. Thank you again and again. My animals. I have but one. My darling Golden Retriever, Io, had to be put to sleep 2 weeks ago. She was 15 1/2 and I held her and stayed with her to the end. It is so sad, naturally, but the memory fills me with a kind of joy. I have a 3 1/2 year old German Shepherd named Runge after a German painter (19th century). It was anything but a lazy year - too full! This coming year will be lazy-ish. worked all year on a picture book - a Grimm tale (my first book in 8 years!). I am in love with it and it gets published next year", 29 December 1987 (2)
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