Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Moon Escapes through the Door
A young woman stands at a decorated doorway beneath a bright round moon. A dark figure and hanging branches occupy the pale landscape beyond. The caption records her opening the door a little way and the Moon flying out, one of the forbidden chambers in The Lassie and Her Godmother.
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Kay Nielsen. "The Moon Escapes through the Door" [editorial title]. In East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe; English versions by George Webbe Dasent; illustrated by Kay Nielsen. Undated New York illustrated edition, undated edition, George H. Doran Company. Source scan leaf 89. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/nielsen-moon-escapes
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Descriptive Gallery title. Complete source page with original caption and margins retained. No recolouring, reconstruction or invented symbolic meaning.
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East of the Sun and West of the MoonCollected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe; English versions by George Webbe Dasent; illustrated by Kay NielsenUndated editionMore from this book
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Kay Nielsen. The Moon Escapes through the Door. East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Scan leaf 89. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/nielsen-moon-escapes