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Maurice Sendak
Checklist of three-dimensional pieces (Where the Wild Things Are).
1996
Bequest of Maurice Sendak, 2013.
2013.103.77
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Facsimile of autograph checklist of 15 three-dimensional pieces for "Where the Wild Things Are" opera from May 22, 1996.
One of a group of final drawings, sketches, and studies (models of stage sets and costumes), and various other materials for Oliver Knussen's opera, Where the Wild Things Are, 1979-1983, to a libretto by Maurice Sendak, based on Sendak's own children's book of the same title.

Provenance: 
Estate of the artist (Estate no. 6277)
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Artist page: 
Sendak, Maurice
Century: 
20th century
Department: 
Modern and Contemporary Drawings