Attempted Bloggery: Chicken Soup with Rice

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Sunday, March 8, 2026

Maurice Sendak: Chicken Soup (With Rice?)

In the December 4 Illustration Art sale, Swann Auction Galleries offered a charming drawing by Maurice Sendak that was there called Chicken Soup—for one very obvious reason. It is clearly inspired by his book Chicken Soup With Rice: A Book of Months from 1962, a part of The Nutshell Library. The drawing is inscribed by Sendak to Lynn Caponera, who was Sendak's longtime housekeeper and caretaker, and is now the Executive Director of the Maurice Sendak Foundation. Swann gives its date as circa 1962.

Maurice Sendak
Swann Auction Galleries listing of December 4, 2026

https://www.swanngalleries.com/auction-lot/_15BDBAC134

Maurice Sendak
Swann Auction Galleries listing

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Saturday, August 17, 2019

Maurice Sendak: Really Rosie Theater Poster

"Really Rosie" is a musical based on the four books of Maurice Sendak's The Nutshell Library (1962) and The Sign on Rosie's Door (1960). The book and lyrics are by Sendak with music by Carole King. The musical was originally aired as a CBS television special in 1975. It opened Off-Broadway in 1980. A theater poster signed by Sendak in 1980 is currently offered on AbeBooks for 500 GBP. The artwork features Rosie and her brother Chicken Soup in a setting similar to that of In the Night Kitchen.