Art, Symbol & Imagination
Tell Me the Way
A young woman stands beside a richly dressed man under patterned hangings. Gold ornament, a blue wall and the curved timber floor turn the interior into a carefully staged encounter. The printed dialogue records her request for the way to find him after the enchantment separates them.
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Kay Nielsen. "Tell Me the Way" [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 29. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/nielsen-tell-me-the-way
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Kay Nielsen. Tell Me the Way. East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Scan leaf 29. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/nielsen-tell-me-the-way