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Drosselmeier as Mother Ginger did not appear in the ballet but was later incorporated into the film adaptation; Drosselmeier as Toy Theater (Mother Ginger; Nutcracker)

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Maurice Sendak

Drosselmeier as Mother Ginger did not appear in the ballet but was later incorporated into the film adaptation; Drosselmeier as Toy Theater (Mother Ginger; Nutcracker)

1983.
10 x 16 13/16 inches (25.4 x 41.3 cm)
Watercolor and graphite pencil on paper.
2013.107:195

Bequest of Maurice Sendak, 2013.

Notes
One of a group of 332 final drawings, sketches, and studies (models of stage sets and costumes), and various other materials for the 1983 Pacific Northwest Ballet production of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, featuring sets and costumes by Maurice Sendak.
Classification
Century Drawings