Maurice Sendak’s estate has emerged mostly victorious in its legal battle with Philadelphia’s Rosenbach Museum and Library, which held many of his original drawings and part of his book collection before he died in 2012. In probate court, the judge awarded a bulk of the book collection to the Sendak estate. Sendak’s will specifically stated that the drawings and most of the loaned items to the museum would remain the property of the Maurice Sendak Foundation, which would set up a facility to honor Sendak in his hometown. Ultimately, the probate court awarded 88 items to the Rosenbach and 252 to the Sendak estate.
See Randy Kennedy, Maurice Sendak’s Estate Is Awarded Most of a Book Collection, N.Y. Times, November 1, 2016.
Special thanks to Lewis Saret (Attorney, Washington, D.C.) for bringing this article to my attention.
