Maurice Sendak at The Morgan
The Morgan is exhibiting the pencil drawings and preliminary sketches of Maurice Sendak for his beloved children’s book, Where the Wild Things Are, as part of a citywide celebration of Maurice Sendak, that coincides with the October 13 premiere of a new Warner Brothers movie adaptation directed by Spike Jonze. Other events will take place at Lincoln Center, The New York Public Library, and The Museum of Modern Art.
The exhibition at The Morgan celebrates Sendak’s creative process—from his early drafts about an unnamed boy in search of wild horses to the well-known narrative about a child named Max taming the beastly “things” of his own imagination. Twelve drawings and two manuscript pages will be on view in the Morgan’s historic McKim building.
The Morgan Library & Museum is located at 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016, (212) 685-0008.
The exhibition runs through November 1.
