Illustrations for a never published edition of “A Thousand and One Nights”. Danish. Kay Nielsen, illustrator (1886-1957). Never used because World War I came along they lived for decades in a state of hibernation only to emerge back into the sun. Watercolors.

Genie releasing a beautiful woman from a chest from ""The Story of King Schahriyar and His Brother Schahzena". — Genie releasing a beautiful woman from a chest from “”The Story of King Schahriyar and His Brother Schahzena”. Image courtesy of Taschen. Fair use license. via https://www.wfdd.org/story/long-lost-watercolors-1001-nights-bring-new-life-age-old-tales

"A Lady's Lover." — “A Lady’s Lover.” Collection UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Hammer Museum. Fair use license. via https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2010/09/kay-nielsen/#gallery_af844d4ef01b508dd4a58a4f664794a5d58723e1

From "The Tale of the First Dervish" — From “The Tale of the First Dervish”. Courtesy of Taschen. Fair use license. via https://www.wfdd.org/story/long-lost-watercolors-1001-nights-bring-new-life-age-old-tales

Artwork for the front cover. — Artwork for the front cover. Courtesy of Taschen. Fair use license.via https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2014/06/kay-nielsen/#gallery_a41c4b91b7c7001fe2969f983cee622e33ed691a

Adulteress and her lover from "The Tale of the Third Old Man". — Adulteress and her lover from “The Tale of the Third Old Man”. Courtesy of Taschen. Fair use license. via https://www.wuwm.com/post/long-lost-watercolors-1001-nights-bring-new-life-age-old-tales#stream/0

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