Rare limited edition 11.75 x 14.75 stone lithographic print entitled 'Magic Flute (Three Boys),' numbered 10/10, signed in the lower right corner in pencil by the artist, "Maurice Sendak, '02." First illustrated by Sendak in 1980, this composite design is based on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera 'The Magic Flute,' and portrays the composer with three child spirits; the dragon of "Act 1, Scene 1"; the "Act 1 Tree"; and 'Temple No. 1." This limited lithograph was printed by Tyler Graphics, New York, in 2002, in a very small edition. Framed to an overall size of 13.75 x 16.75. In fine condition.

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