“No one, I dare say, no one was as original. Tomi influenced everybody.” — Maurice Sendak.

Choice Not Chance, 1967 (political poster). 21 x 26 5/8 inches (53.3 x 67.6 cm). Collection Rennert’s Gallery, New York

Eat, 1967 (political poster). 21 x 26 1/2 inches (43.5 x 67.2 cm). Collection Rennert’s Gallery, New York

New York Times, 1965 (poster). 59 1/2 x 45 inches (151 x 114.3 cm). Collection of Rennert’s Gallery, New York

Untitled, 1962 (drawing for Heart Attack (Der Herzinfarkt), first published 1962 at Diogenes Verlag AG, Zürich). Ink and conte on tracing paper, 4 3/10 x 6 1/2 inches (11 x 16.5 cm). Courtesy of the Tomi Ungerer Museum – International center for Illustration Collection, Strasbourg © Diogenes Verlag AG Zürich \ Tomi Ungerer. Photo: Musées de la Ville de Strasbourg / Mathieu Bertola

Untitled, 1966 (drawing for The Party, first published 1966 at Paragraphic Books, Grossman Publishers, New York). Ink and ink wash on paper , 18 x 18 inches (45.8 x 45.6 cm). Collection Musée Tomi Ungerer – Centre international de l’Illustration, Strasbourg © Tomi Ungerer/ Diogenes Verlag AG Zürich , Musées de la Ville de Strasbourg / Mathieu Bertola

No Parking Please, 1971-1983 (drawing for Slow Agony, first published 1983 at Diogenes Verlag AG, Zürich). Black grease pencil, black ink and colored ink wash on paper, 23 3/5 x 35 inches (60 x 89 cm) . Collection Musée Tomi Ungerer – Centre international de l’Illustration, Strasbourg © Tomi Ungerer/ Diogenes Verlag AG Zürich, Musées de la Ville de Strasbourg / Mathieu Bertola

Untitled (We want mothers), 1977-1979, (drawing for Babylon, first published 1979 at Diogenes Verlag AG, Zürich). Black grease pencil on paper , 15 7/10 x 11 4/5 inches (40 x 30 cm). Collection Musée Tomi Ungerer – Centre international de l’Illustration, Strasbourg © Tomi Ungerer/ Diogenes Verlag AG Zürich, Musées de la Ville de Strasbourg / Mathieu Bertola

Tomi Ungerer, Untitled, 1961 (drawing for The Three Robbers). Collage of cut paper, gouache, and marker on paper, 11 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches. Copyright (c) Tomi Ungerer / Diogenes Verlag AG Zurich, Switzerland. All rights reserved

Untitled, 2011 (drawing for Fog Island, first published 2012 as Der Nebelmann by Diogenes Verlag AG, Zürich). Pastels and black ink, collage on black paper, 16 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches (42.2 x 27.4 cm). Courtesy of the Tomi Ungerer Collection, in deposit to the Tomi Ungerer Museum, Strasbourg © Tomi Ungerer /Diogenes Verlag AG Zürich. Photo courtesy Musées de la Ville de Strasbourg / Mathieu Bertola
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