Recent Acquisitions

Collection of Sendak opera ephemera

Acquisition Date: Fri, 08/06/2010

Rosenbach Purchase

This collection of materials relates mainly to Sendak’s work on the operas Where the Wild Things Are, Love for Three Oranges, Cunning Little Vixen, and Hansel and Gretel. It includes posters, programs, books, and phtoocopies of working material.

25th anniversary edition of Where the Wild Things Are

Acquisition Date: Sat, 05/01/2010

First edition of The Birthday Party (1957), written by Ruth Krauss. Signed by Maurice Sendak

Acquisition Date: Sat, 05/01/2010

Two preliminary drawings for the Really Rosie

Acquisition Date: Sat, 05/01/2010

Preliminary Drawing for Really Rosie

Acquisition Date: Mon, 03/01/2010

Rosenbach purchase.

Drawing of people by Maurice Sendak

Acquisition Date: Mon, 02/01/2010

Pen & ink drawing, ca.1949-1955.

Rosenbach purchase.

20 "Sendak in Soho" posters

Acquisition Date: Wed, 09/16/2009

Gift of Animazing Gallery.

Drawing of lions by Maurice Sendak, inscribed "For Peter"

Acquisition Date: Tue, 09/01/2009

Pen & ink drawing, ca. 1949-1955.

Rosenbach purchase

Drawing of gorillas by Maurice Sendak, inscribed "for Peter"

Acquisition Date: Sat, 08/01/2009

Pen & ink drawing, ca. 1949-1955.

Rosenbach purchase

Correspondence between Elizabeth Hoffman and Marianne Moore

Acquisition Date: Mon, 06/01/2009

Gift of Daniel Hoffman

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