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Harper & Row,, 1971. Edition of 200. Signed in pen lower right by Sendak. This image from Where the Wild Things Are was created in 1971 as part of a project with 19 different images from eight different books comprising Maurice Sendak's favourite images that he felt could exist on their own without text, for framing or hanging on the wall. Sheet size: 26.5 x 58.0 cm. Original process lithograph on white wove paper. Excellent condition. Presented in a limed ash frame with conservation acrylic glazing.

Where the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children's picture book by American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, originally published by Harper & Row. The book has been adapted into other media several times, including an animated short in 1973 (with an updated version in 1988), a 1980 opera, and a live-action 2009 feature-film adaptation. The book tells the story of Max, a young boy who dresses up as a wolf and uses his imagination to travel to a wild forest where he meets creatures called Wild Things.