Sendak Inscribed Pre-Pending Publication Book BRUNDIBAR
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Maurice Sendak hand-inscribed pre-publication book BRUNDIBAR
Inscribed by Maurice Sendak in ink using his own Yiddish name MOISHE SENDAK on the title page.
Inscription hand-written by Sendak reads: FOR GUSSIE WITH LOVE FROM HER BOYFRIEND MOISHE SENDAK, Sept. 11, 2003.
Rare BRUNDIBAR original publishers pre-publication copy to advertise the pending publication of BRUNDIBAR.
Playwright Tony Kushner and Maurice Sendak adapts this allegorical tale from a Czech opera composed by Hans Krasa and Adolf Hoffmeister in 1938.
Full color illustrations throughout.
Condition: good original estate condition.
Provenance: Gussie Spector estate.
*This story was originally based on a 1938 Czech opera by Hans Krasa who died in Auschwitz in 1944 & libretto by Adolf Hoffmeister. Brundibar was performed 55 times by the children of the TEREZIN Nazi concentration camp. After the final performance, all of the children were killed and both Hoffmeister and Krasa perished in Auschwitz.
Inscribed by Maurice Sendak in ink using his own Yiddish name MOISHE SENDAK on the title page.
Inscription hand-written by Sendak reads: FOR GUSSIE WITH LOVE FROM HER BOYFRIEND MOISHE SENDAK, Sept. 11, 2003.
Rare BRUNDIBAR original publishers pre-publication copy to advertise the pending publication of BRUNDIBAR.
Playwright Tony Kushner and Maurice Sendak adapts this allegorical tale from a Czech opera composed by Hans Krasa and Adolf Hoffmeister in 1938.
Full color illustrations throughout.
Condition: good original estate condition.
Provenance: Gussie Spector estate.
*This story was originally based on a 1938 Czech opera by Hans Krasa who died in Auschwitz in 1944 & libretto by Adolf Hoffmeister. Brundibar was performed 55 times by the children of the TEREZIN Nazi concentration camp. After the final performance, all of the children were killed and both Hoffmeister and Krasa perished in Auschwitz.
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Sendak Inscribed Pre-Pending Publication Book BRUNDIBAR
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