'Drawing the Curtain: Maurice Sendak’s Designs for Opera and Ballet'

Maurice Sendak (1928-2012), Design for show curtain (Nutcracker), 1983, gouache and graphite pencil on paper.© The Maurice Sendak Foundation.
( The Morgan Library & Museum, Bequest of Maurice Sendak, 2013.107:262. Photography by Janny Chiu. )