Nielson Kay Illustrator (1 results)

Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Nielsen, Kay. First Edition, no. 203 of 500 copies signed by the artist. Illustrated with frontispiece and 23 mounted plates, tissue guards by Kay Nielsen. Printed by Henry Stone and Sons Ltd., Bunbury. 164pp. 4to. Nielson, a prominent figure in the Golden Age of Illustration as well as a collaborator with Walt Disney, was born in Copenhagen in 1886. After studying art in Paris and moving to England in 1911, this book was his first English commission from Hodder and Stoughton. In 1939, after a career in illustration and stagecraft, once he had become Scandinavia's most famous artist, Nielson moved to California and worked in Hollywood. His collaborations included the enchanting Night on Bald Mountain and Ave Maria sequences of the Disney movie Fantasia (1940) as well as Sleeping Beauty (1959) and preliminary concept paintings for a proposed adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid which would come to fruition some 50 years later. Full green dyed vellum, spine and upper board gilt, t.e.g; silk ribbon ties renewed, bowing slightly. Interior lightly toned (plates excepted), else Near Fine. Housed in cream cloth slipcase Illustrated with frontispiece and 23 mounted plates, tissue guards by Kay Nielsen. Printed by Henry Stone and Sons Ltd., Bunbury. 164pp. 4to First Edition, no. 203 of 500 copies signed by the artist. Signed.…