Sendak: At The Morgan and at The MAAC

On now until October 6th, you can see renowned children’s illustrator Maurice Sendak’s captivating work at The Morgan. In the late 1970s, Sendak embarked on a successful second career as a designer of sets and costumes for the stage which comprise this new exhibit, “Drawing the Curtain: Maurice Sendak’s Designs for Opera and Ballet”, the first museum exhibition dedicated to this aspect of his career.

“It will include storyboards, preparatory sketches, costume studies, luminous watercolors, and meticulous dioramas from Mozart’s Magic Flute, Janáček’s Cunning Little Vixen, Prokofiev’s Love for Three Oranges, Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, and an opera based on Sendak’s picture book Where the Wild Things Are.”

Want to own a Sendak of your own? At The Manhattan Rare Book Company here in Gallery #90, you’ll find Maurice Sendak and Robert Keeshan’s “She Loves Me… She Loves Me Not…”

First edition, signed and dated by Maurice Sendak.

With beautiful illustations by Sendak and Text by Robert Keeshan, this story about a little boy with four daisies who gives one to a little girl is a delightful collaboration between Sendak and Keeshan, better known for his role as Captain Kangaroo.

Contact The Manhattan Rare Book Company by phone at: 212.326.8907 or by email at: info@manhattanrarebooks.com

Or visit: The Manhattan Art & Antiques Center is located at 1050 2nd Avenue (at 56th Street) and is open Monday to Saturday from 10:30AM to 6PM and Sunday noon – 6PM.