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MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)

Wild Thing birthday card for John Ryder

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    MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)

    Wild Thing birthday card for John Ryder

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    MAURICE SENDAK (1928-2012)
    Wild Thing birthday card for John Ryder
    inscribed "For John – 70th greetings! from his wild and impish and loyal + loving friend Maurice Sendak”
    pencil on tracing paper
    87⁄8 × 47⁄8 in. (22 x 11.9 cm.)
    Executed in 1987.
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    John Ryder (1917–2001), English typographer and book designer, worked for the Bodley Head press during its heyday of printing children’s literature. This included producing English editions of Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen. Ryder celebrated his 70th birthday on 6 October 1987.

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