Drawing of Wild Things and Max swinging from trees in the forest

Wild Things

The Art of Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are, 1963, watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper, 9 3/4 x 11 in. © The Maurice Sendak Foundation

Portrait of Maurice Sendak, 2011. Annie Leibovitz / Trunk Archive

Maurice Sendak, Rosie and Buttermilk, her Cat, character studies for Really Rosie animation, 1973, watercolor and ink on paper, 13 3/4 x 15 5/8 in. ©The Maurice Sendak Foundation

Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are, 1963, watercolor and ink on paper, 9 3/4 x 22 in. ©The Maurice Sendak Foundation

Maurice Sendak, Drawing for the Griffin and the Minor Canon, 1963. 15 x 12 in. Courtesy of the Maurice Sendak Foundation. PTL-25666

Maurice Sendak, Little Bear looks at painting of Wild Thing, 1967. Ink and white-out on paper; 15 x 12 in. Courtesy of the Maurice Sendak Foundation. PTL-25615.

Maurice Sendak, Pierre, 1962, ink on paper, 4 ¼ x 3 1/2 in. © The Maurice Sendak Foundation

Maurice Sendak, The Magic Flute, 1980, poster, 24 x 17 1/2 in. ©The Maurice Sendak Foundation

Maurice Sendak, In the Night Kitchen, watercolor and ink on paper as printed in color in Maurice Sendak, In the Night Kitchen (New York: Harper & Row, 1970)

Maurice Sendak, My Brother’s Book, 2010, watercolor on paper, 11 ¾ x 8 7/8, ©The Maurice Sendak Foundation

Maurice Sendak, Higglety Pigglety Pop!, 1967, ink on paper, 9 ¼ x 7 1/2 in. ©The Maurice Sendak Foundation

Photo of Maurice Sendak, 1994. © John Dugdale.

Maurice Sendak, Outside Over There, 1981, watercolor and graphite on paper, page: 15 x 26 in; image: 6 1/8 x 9 3/16. ©The Maurice Sendak Foundation

Maurice Sendak, A Hole Is to Dig, 1952, ink on paper with paste-up lettering,6 ¾ x 5 ½ in. © The Maurice Sendak Foundation

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Wild Things: The Art of Maurice Sendak has been co-organized by the Denver Art Museum and the Columbus Museum of Art in partnership with The Maurice Sendak Foundation. It is curated by Jonathan Weinberg, PhD, Curator and Director of Research at The Maurice Sendak Foundation, and Christoph Heinrich, Frederick and Jan Mayer Director of the Denver Art Museum.

This exhibition is presented by the Clarence V. Laguardia Foundation with additional support provided by the Tom Taplin Jr. and Ted Taplin Endowment, Bank of America, Jana and Fred Bartlit, Bernstein Private Wealth Management, Kathie and Keith Finger, Lisë Gander and Andy Main, the Kristin and Charles Lohmiller Exhibitions Fund, Sally Cooper Murray, John Brooks Incorporated, Kent Thiry & Denise O'Leary, an anonymous donor, the donors to the Annual Fund Leadership Campaign, and the residents who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD). Promotional support is provided by 5280 Magazine and CBS Colorado.