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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Maurice Sendak: It's Alive!

Maurice Sendak's work for the stage is outstanding, although it isn't nearly as well known as his book illustrations. From The New Yorker's 1994 Halloween issue comes this original set design by Sendak for "It's Alive!"

Maurice Sendak, original set design for "It's Alive!"
The New Yorker, October 31, 1994, page 8

The New Yorker, October 31, 1994, page 8

Note: Earlier blog posts about Maurice Sendak are here.

The Maurice Sendak Collection is in the Rosenbach Museum and Library.

Additional eerie Halloween posts may be found here.

Furthermore, in honor of the World Series, there are even a few baseball posts here.

Today marks one year since my blog post on Hurricane Sandy's storm surge. Read it here.

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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Gorey Borders

Here is a sheet of original artwork by Edward Gorey consisting of 1992 stage designs for "Amphigorey: A Musicale." Despite my misleading if alliterative title, they were not borders but were designed as scenery flats for the 1992 stage production of "Amphigorey: A Musicale" and its 1994 restaging as "The Gorey Details."

More information on these set designs can be found on the Goreyana blog here. The listing from eBay is reproduced below.