Press Kit

For media requests, such as interviews or images, please contact press [at] rosenbach [dot] org.

About the Rosenbach

The Rosenbach seeks to inspire curiosity, inquiry, and creativity by engaging broad audiences in exhibitions, programs, and research based on its remarkable and expanding collections. Our programs are designed to eliminate barriers between the visitor and the collection, and to encourage people to bring their experience, knowledge, and opinions –or just an open mind—to connect with the collection in a very personal way.

The Rosenbach is a place of active engagement that reinforces the relevance of historical collections to contemporary issues.

History

The Rosenbach Museum & Library was founded in 1954 through a testamentary gift by Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach (1876-1952) and his brother, Philip (1863-1953). Renowned dealers in books, manuscripts, and fine art, the brothers played a central role in the development of private libraries that later became our nation’s most important public collections of rare books, such as the Folger and Huntington Libraries. The brothers’ own personal collection, now the core of the Rosenbach, features treasures the brothers were unable to part with, including the only surviving copy of Benjamin Franklin’s first Poor RichardAlmanac and the manuscript of James Joyce’s Ulysses. The collection has since grown to include the papers of poet Marianne Moore, Bram Stoker’s notes for Dracula, and the drawings of Maurice Sendak, adding richness and relevance to the experience of visiting the Rosenbach.

Images

Please see the below gallery for press images. For high-resolution copies of these images for press purposes, please contact press [at] rosenbach [dot] org.

IMAGE GALLERY

Dust jacket for Where the Wild Things Are 2; Still Wildin’!
Dust jacket for Where the Wild Things Are 2; Still Wildin’! Featuring Vin Diesel, Story and Pictures by Maurice Sendak. New York, 2011. Gift of The Colbert Report
Ziploc bag containing 246 penises and bottoms excised from In the Night Kitchen.
Ziploc bag containing 246 penises and bottoms excised from Maurice Sendak's In the Night Kitchen. New York, 2011. Gift of The Colbert Report
Stephen Colbert, I Am a Pole (And So Can You!): dummy book.
Stephen Colbert, I Am a Pole (And So Can You!): typescript dummy book with manuscript cover. New York, 2011. Gift of The Colbert Report
Sharpie markers used by Colbert and Sendak on The Colbert Report
Sharpie markers used by Stephen Colbert and Maurice Sendak during Colbert Report interview. 2011. Gift of The Colbert Report
Sharpie markers used by Stephen Colbert and Maurice Sendak during Colbert Report interview. 2011. Gift of The Colbert Report
Stephen Colbert, I Am A Pole (And So Can You!): autograph manuscript.
Stephen Colbert, I Am A Pole (And So Can You!): autograph manuscript [fair copy]. New York, 2012. Gift of The Colbert Report
Paul Hildebrand, preliminary drawing for I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)
Paul Hildebrand, preliminary drawing for I Am a Pole (And So Can You!). New York, 2012. Gift of the Colbert Report.
Stephen Colbert, preliminary dust jacket for I Am a Pole (And So Can You!).
Stephen Colbert, preliminary dust jacket for I Am a Pole (And So Can You!). New York, 2011. Gift of the Colbert Report
United We Stand Deli, receipt for turkey sandwich eaten by Stephen Colbert.
United We Stand Deli, receipt for turkey sandwich eaten by Stephen Colbert. New York, 2012. Gift of The Colbert Report
Preliminary drawing for Time magazine. Pencil. Gift of Justin Schiller. © 1988 by Maurice Sendak.
Preliminary drawing for Time magazine. Pencil. Gift of Justin Schiller. © 1988 by Maurice Sendak.
Final drawing for In the Night Kitchen. Watercolor with acetate overlay. © 1970 by Maurice Sendak.
Final drawing for In the Night Kitchen. Watercolor with acetate overlay. © 1970 by Maurice Sendak.
Final drawing for Somebody Else's Nut Tree. Pen and ink. © 1958 by Maurice Sendak.
Final drawing for Somebody Else's Nut Tree. Pen and ink. © 1958 by Maurice Sendak.
Final drawing for Outside Over There. Pencil, pen and ink, watercolor. © 1978 by Maurice Sendak.
Final drawing for Outside Over There. Pencil, pen and ink, watercolor. © 1978 by Maurice Sendak.
Dummy book for Sarah’s Room. Pen and ink, watercolor. © 1963 by Maurice Sendak.
Dummy book for Sarah’s Room. Pen and ink, watercolor. © 1963 by Maurice Sendak.
Final drawing for Open House for Butterflies. Pen and ink. © 1960 by Maurice Sendak.
Final drawing for Open House for Butterflies. Pen and ink. © 1960 by Maurice Sendak.
Final drawing for Where the Wild Things Are. Pen and ink, watercolor. © 1963, renewed 1991 by Maurice Sendak.
Final drawing for Where the Wild Things Are. Pen and ink, watercolor. © 1963, renewed 1991 by Maurice Sendak.
Front entrance of the Rosenbach. Photograph by Susan Beard Design.
Front entrance of the Rosenbach. Photograph by Susan Beard Design.
Exhibition galleries at the Rosenbach. Photograph by Susan Beard Design.
Exhibition galleries at the Rosenbach. Photograph by Susan Beard Design.
Exhibition galleries at the Rosenbach. Photograph by Susan Beard Design.
Exhibition galleries at the Rosenbach. Photograph by Susan Beard Design.
The Parlor. Photograph by Susan Beard Design.
The Parlor. Photograph by Susan Beard Design.
Dr. Rosenbach's Library. Photograph by Susan Beard Design.
Dr. Rosenbach's Library. Photograph by Susan Beard Design.
Visitors on a tour of the Rosenbach brother's historic house. Photograph by Susan Beard D
Visitors on a tour of the Rosenbach brother's historic house. Photograph by Susan Beard D
First floor hall. Photograph by Susan Beard Design.
First floor hall. Photograph by Susan Beard Design.
The Dining Room. Photograph by Susan Beard Design.
The Dining Room. Photograph by Susan Beard Design.

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