Author and illustrator Maurice Sendak with a self portrait in 1991. (Patrick Downs / Los Angeles Times)
Another Maurice Sendak self-portrait, as the Nutcracker. (Maurice Sendak)
In a 1985 photo, author Maurice Sendak poses in St. Paul, Minn., with one of the characters from the opera “Where the Wild Things Are,” based on his book of the same name. Sendak died Tuesday in Danbury, Conn. He was 83. (Associated Press)
The cover of the book “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak, first published in 1963. (HarperCollins)
In a 1988 photo, Maurice Sendak proofreads pieces for a major advertising campaign in his Ridgefield, Conn., home. (Associated Press)
In a 1985 photo, Maurice Sendak reads “Where the Wild Things Are” with a young fan and one of Sendak’s fantasy creatures at the Rosenbach Museum and Library in Philadelphia. (Frank Armstrong / Rosenbach Museum and Library)
Maurice Sendak in his studio in 2007. (Michael Oreilly / Rosenbach Museum and Library)
Maurice Sendak at work in 2003. (Rosenbach Museum and Library)
The cover of Maurice Sendak’s 2011 children’s book “Bumble-Ardy.” (HarperCollins)
“Outside Over There” by Maurice Sendak was published in 1989. (HarperCollins)
“In the Night Kitchen” by Maurice Sendak was published in 1996. (HarperCollins)
