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Maurice Sendak
Costume study for Tzippy (Where the Wild Things Are)
1979
Watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite pencil on paper.
11 15/16 x 9 1/2 inches (30.3 x 24.1 cm)
Bequest of Maurice Sendak, 2013.
2013.103:26
Notes: 

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. 575)
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Artist page: 
Sendak, Maurice
Century: 
20th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Modern and Contemporary Drawings