Born in 1928 and raised in Brooklyn by Jewish-Polish immigrant parents, Sendak said his own life had been clouded by the Holocaust and that the events of World War II were the root of his raw and honest artistic style.

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But Bond Street's artistic director Joanna Sherman says the two companies quickly discovered an auspicious harmony of style.

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The book goes into huge detail about each of their backgrounds, and how their artistic style developed both before and during their time in Arles.

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