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By Martin Elder
By Martin Elder
Frank Hurley : Wreck of the ‘Gratitude’
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Rummaging through old stuff, I found Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are, 1974 edition. It was one of my great child books, I must have read it a thousand times, staring at the fantastic monsters and Max’s wolfsuit, dreaming of my own adventures. I had totally forgotten about this book, but strolling through the pages I couldn’t help but remember each and every detail of the pictures, resurfacing from the depths of my memory.
At the last page of the book, stuck under the paper cover, were two separate sheets, with original drawings from Sendak. This one is dated Sept. ‘79. Sendak wrote “For DIDI and Yetty”. One of them was my father’s scenography teacher, and the book passed to him when he died. Him and Sendak had worked together on a staged version of Where The Wild Things Are in Brussels’ National Opera. I also found a letter Didi and Yetty never sent him, but won’t publish it.
Rummaging through old stuff, I found Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are, 1974 edition. It was one of my great child books, I must have read it a thousand times, staring at the fantastic monsters and Max’s wolfsuit, dreaming of my own adventures. I had totally forgotten about this book, but strolling through the pages I couldn’t help but remember each and every detail of the pictures, resurfacing from the depths of my memory.
At the last page of the book, stuck under the paper cover, were two separate sheets, with original drawings from Sendak. On this one, the “Wild Thing Sea Monster”. It “Makes 2 movements :1) Straight out of water - Blows Steam - 2) back down -
The drawing is dated July 23, ‘79.
By Igor Starkov
