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Kay Nielsen. A Thousand and One Nights (English, French, German, Hardcover, Multilingual edition)
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Kay Nielsen. A Thousand and One Nights (English, French, German, Hardcover, Multilingual edition)
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In the late 1910s, in a Europe ravaged by World War I, Danish
illustrator Kay Nielsen put the finishing touches on his
illustrations of A Thousand and One Nights. The results are
considered masterpieces of early 20th-century illustration:
bursting with sumptuous colors of deep blues, reds, and gold leaf,
and evoking all the magic of this legendary collection of
Indo-Persian and Arabic folktales, compiled between the 8th and
13th centuries. In the financially strapped postwar climate,
however, publishers retreated from Nielsen's project and the
publication never happened. A rising star, Nielsen moved on to
other work, and the spectacular pen, ink, and watercolor images of
this world heritage classic remained under lock and key for 40
years. Published just once in the 1970s, the illustrations were
rescued from oblivion after Nielsen's death in 1957 and are now
held by the UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts at the Hammer
Museum in Los Angeles, the Art Institute of Chicago, and in two
private collections. Published for the first time ever in five
colors including gold, this unique presentation of fine art prints
revives all 21 strikingly beautiful illustrations reproduced
directly from Nielsen's original watercolors-the only complete set
of his beloved illustrations to have survived. Each illustration is
presented individually in an extra-large format and on fine art
paper, allowing Nielsen's graphic mastery and rich array of
influences, from Art Nouveau to Japanese woodcuts to Indian
painting, to dazzle. The set includes a 144-page hardcover book
also printed in five colors, featuring descriptions of all of the
images, and three generously illustrated essays on the making of
this series, the origin of Nielsen's unique imagery, and a history
of the tales. In addition, the accompanying book features many
unpublished or rarely seen artworks by Nielsen, as well as all 23
of the incredibly intricate black-and-white drawings Nielsen also
created for the original publication. This is a rare chance to own
exceptional reproductions of this highly influential artist's only
surviving complete set of watercolors. Limited and numbered edition
of 5,000 copies.
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