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Winsor McCay - Little Nemo in Slumberland Art

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Winsor McCay - Little Nemo in Slumberland Art
<B>Winsor McCay - Little Nemo in Slumberland Sunday Comic Strip Original Art, dated 4-11-09 (New York Herald, 1909).</B></I> Since the debut of the newspaper comic strip in the early twentieth century, few features have come close to equaling Winsor McCay's masterwork <I>Little Nemo in Slumberland</B></I> for its prodigious draftsmanship or its fabulous flights of fantasy. McCay created incredible vistas on the comics page that were startling in scope. He detailed a sublimely surreal saga featuring the young Nemo and his adventures in the land of dreams. McCay's Art Nouveau-influenced linework and limitless imagination earned him a posthumous 1966 exhibit at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art and noted children's book illustrator Maurice Sendak has acknowledged McCay's work as an important influence on his own style. This Easter Sunday strip was cut between panel tiers three and four, and the conjoined pieces have a combined image area of 22" x 28". The art has been framed and is in Excellent condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Framed (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)