Visitors examine a series of Maurice Sendak illustrations at the new retrospective. Photo: AP
Most people today know artist Maurice Sendak as the creator of children’s book classics such as Where The Wild Things Are and In The Night Kitchen.
A new exhibition of his work looks at that reputation and a less well-known side of his immense output: his work as a designer for opera, theatre, film, and television.
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'Wild Things Are Happening' exhibition
Visitors examine a series of Maurice Sendak illustrations at the new retrospective. Photo: AP
Weinberg, artist and curator of the Maurice Sendak Foundation, discusses the legacy of illustrator and children’s book author during a tour of the exhibit 'Wild Things Are Happening'. Photo: AP
A sketchbook self-portrait done by Sendak in 1950. Photo: Maurice Sendak Foundation
Artwork from the 1967 book 'Higglety Pigglety Pop!', which Sendak based on the fatal sickness of his beloved Sealyham terrier Jennie. Photo: Maurice Sendak Foundation
Sendak character studies for Rosie and Buttermilk, her cat, which were done for the 'Really Rosie' animation feature in 1973. Photo: Maurice Sendak Foundation
Sendak's 'Little Bear' (ink on paper, 1957). Photo: Maurice Sendak Foundation
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