The art of Maurice Sendak : 1980 to the present / text by Tony Kushner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kushner, Tony

Contributor:

Sendak, Maurice.

Alsenas, Linas

Miller, Edward

Tehon, Atha

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Atha Tehon Thiras Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sendak, Maurice--Criticism and interpretation.

Sendak, Maurice.

Criticism and interpretation.

Penn Provenance:

Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)

Tehon, Susan (donor)

Physical Description:

223 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 x 30 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, [2003]

Summary:

Maurice Sendak is one of most admired artists in children's literature. His uniquely expressive illustrations, which bring to life a world of fantasy and imagination, have won him the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, the Caldecott Medal, and most recently the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for Literature in 2003. Picking up where Selma Lanes's earlier, landmark monograph, The Art of Maurice Sendak, left off, this new book traces Sendak's life and work from 1980 to the present, representing two decades filled with projects inside and outside the children's book arena. This strikingly designed volume is overflowing with hundreds of wonderful Sendak illustrations: sketches and final art for opera, ballet, and theater productions, as well as children's books, adult book jackets, posters, and CD covers. An extended essay by Pulitzer Prize- winning playwright Tony Kushner, a friend of the artist, provides an intimate view of Sendak. With an insider's perspective, Kushner not only gives us a chronological overview of Sendak's work, but also allows us to see him as an accomplished author and artist redefining his legacy, and as a man coming to terms with himself. This survey will only add to our understanding and appreciation of this multitalented artist, whose creative endeavors are among the most inventive and treasured of our time.

Notes:

Companion volume to The art of Maurice Sendak by Selma Lanes, published by Harry Abrams in 1981.

Text printed in two columns.

Endpapers have illustrations from The Magic Flute storyboard.

"Editor: Linas Alsenas. Designer: Edward Miller"--t.p. verso.

Designed by Atha Tehon.

Includes bibliographical references (page 218) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.

Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Tehon Collection copy has letter to Maurice from Atha written in ms. laid in.

ISBN:

0810944480

OCLC:

52109429