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KAY NIELSEN. A EST DEL SOLE E A OVEST DELLA LUNA - pocket size
Noel Daniel
Price: 12.00€
Fairy-Tale Finesse
Reviving East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Kay Nielsen’s Scandinavian masterwork
Step into a world of star-crossed lovers, magical winds, mischievous giants, and trolls, through some of the most exquisite illustrations in publishing history. In this gorgeous abridged edition, TASCHEN revives the most ambitious publication project of beloved Danish artist Kay Nielsen, one of the most famous children’s book illustrators of all time.
First published in 1914, East of the Sun and West of the Moon is a celebrated collection of fairy tales gathered by legendary Norwegian folklorists Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe on their journeys across Norway in the mid-19th century. Nielsen’s illustration edition of Asbjørnsen and Moe’s tales is considered a jewel of early 20th-century children's literature, highly sought-after by art and book collectors worldwide. An original signed copy of the book sold at auction in 2008 commanded the highest price ever paid for an illustrated children’s book.
This finely crafted volume presents 10 of the original fairytales, and restores the stunning detail and artistry of Nielsen’s images to their original splendor. Featuring 46 illustrations, including many enlarged details from Nielsen’s rare original watercolors. The book is printed in five colors, comes with three accompanying essays, illustrated with dozens of rare and previously unseen artworks by Nielsen, explore the history of Norwegian folktales, Nielsen’s life and work, and how this masterpiece came to be.
“…a beautiful reprint of the fairy-tale, with its sumptuous illustrations presented in full glory.”— VOGUE.com
The editor:
Noel Daniel is a graduate of Princeton University and a former Fulbright Scholar to Berlin. She earned an MA in London and was director of a photography gallery before editing books. Her TASCHEN publications include East of the Sun and West of the Moon, The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (2013), The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (2011), Magic 1400s–1950s (2009), and The Circus 1870s–1950s (2008).
| Book Info | |
| Subject | stories |
| Author | Noel Daniel |
| Series | PO |
| Publication date | 2018 |
| Cover | hardcover + stickers |
| Dimensions | cm 13,7 x 19,5 |
| Pages | 192 |
| Language/s | Italian |
| Weight | 0.4 kg |
| Title | Publication | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fantagraphic. Le luminose fiabe scandinave di Kay Nielsen | Artribune | www | 15-05-2018 |
| Tornare A Est del Sole, a Ovest della Luna | Associazione Italiana Studi Tolkeniani | www | 11-08-2018 |
