Maurice Sendak: Costume Design Rough for "The Love of Three Oranges"

Maurice Sendak created costume and stage designs for the Glyndebourne Festival Opera production of Sergei Prokofiev's "The Love of Three Oranges." There was both a television production and a stage production, not to mention a book. The Booksniffer of Lewes, East Sussex, offers a rough of one of the illustrator's costume designs. How did the bookseller get his hands on this? "Maurice presented it to me when I asked him to sign some of my first editions." Who knew how simple it is? The price today is 2,200 British pounds.

Maurice Sendak
AbeBooks listing accessed February 12, 2021

https://www.abebooks.com/Love-Three-Oranges-Maurice-Sendak-ORIGINAL/30838518670/bd?cm_ven=nl&cm_cat=trg&cm_pla=want_CM&cm_ite=viewbook

There were dueling translations from Glyndebourne. The production was called "The Love of Three Oranges." When the book was published, the more traditional for was used.

https://www.hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/93100/SENDAK-MASTERPIECE-ART-FOR-1982-TV-PRODUCTION-OF-PROKOFIEVS-OPERA-THE-LOVE-FOR-THREE-ORANGES

 

https://www.hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/93100/SENDAK-MASTERPIECE-ART-FOR-1982-TV-PRODUCTION-OF-PROKOFIEVS-OPERA-THE-LOVE-FOR-THREE-ORANGES

Note:  I would love to post other original Maurice Sendak art, including any from Glyndebourne and any spontaneously gifted to those asking him to sign first editions. No story is too implausible. After all, how many Americans can resist a British accent?

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