East of the Sun and West of the Moon

Abducted by a White Bear to a mysterious castle where her all desires can be satisfied at her request, a young woman must sleep every night alongside a man she could never see. After awhile, she starts wondering who the man is, and watches him in his sleep to discover the loveliest prince one ever set eyes on. Awaken by some hot drops she accidentally spills on him, he is horrified to see she broke the spell: indeed, his stepmother had bewitched him, and had she waited only a year, he would have been freed. He must now marry a monstrous princess who lives in a castle East of the Sun and West of the Moon. He leaves at once, and when the lassie wakes up, both prince and castle have disappeared and she finds herself alone in a gloomy forrest with the same bundle of rags she had brought with her from her old home.

After walking for many days, she meets an old witch and asks the way to the castle that lay East of the Sun and West of the Moon, but the witch doesn’t know and sends her to another witch, who herself sends her to another one, but no one knows how to help the young woman. Then she goes to the East Wind, the West Wind, the South Wind and finally the North Wind, which knows how to reach the castle and offers to blow her there if she is not afraid of the adventure.

Having arrived at the castle East of the Sun and West of the Moon, the lassie meets the monstrous princess and sells her a golden apple in exchange for a night with the prince. She princess accepts and drugs the prince for him not to be asleep when the lassie would be with him. Three nights on a row, the same trick happens until the prince is told he shouldn’t drink the potion the princess would serve him. In the end, the prince and the lassie see each other and make up a plan to free the prince. Being free and again reunited, the prince and his princess eventually flitted away from the castle that lays East of the Sun and West of the Moon.

370,00 

Availability: In stock

Illustrations extracted from the tale East of the Sun and West of the Moon, published in 1914.

The artworks are sold as a series of five prints mounted in custom-made passepartout and framed in wooden frames made of solid oak (external dimensions: 31,5 x 25,5 cm, depth 20 mm).

Abducted by a White Bear to a mysterious castle where her all desires can be satisfied at her request, a young woman must sleep every night alongside a man she could never see. After awhile, she starts wondering who the man is, and watches him in his sleep to discover the loveliest prince one ever set eyes on. Awaken by some hot drops she accidentally spills on him, he is horrified to see she broke the spell: indeed, his stepmother had bewitched him, and had she waited only a year, he would have been freed. He must now marry a monstrous princess who lives in a castle East of the Sun and West of the Moon. He leaves at once, and when the lassie wakes up, both prince and castle have disappeared and she finds herself alone in a gloomy forrest with the same bundle of rags she had brought with her from her old home.

After walking for many days, she meets an old witch and asks the way to the castle that lay East of the Sun and West of the Moon, but the witch doesn’t know and sends her to another witch, who herself sends her to another one, but no one knows how to help the young woman. Then she goes to the East Wind, the West Wind, the South Wind and finally the North Wind, which knows how to reach the castle and offers to blow her there if she is not afraid of the adventure.

Having arrived at the castle East of the Sun and West of the Moon, the lassie meets the monstrous princess and sells her a golden apple in exchange for a night with the prince. She princess accepts and drugs the prince for him not to be asleep when the lassie would be with him. Three nights on a row, the same trick happens until the prince is told he shouldn’t drink the potion the princess would serve him. In the end, the prince and the lassie see each other and make up a plan to free the prince. Being free and again reunited, the prince and his princess eventually flitted away from the castle that lays East of the Sun and West of the Moon.

Weight 3000 g
Dimensions 31,5 × 25,5 × 2 cm
Artist

Date

1914

Frame color

Wood

Frame dimensions

30 x 24 cm

Print type

Series

East of the Sun and West of the Moon

370,00 

Availability: In stock

Illustrations extracted from the tale East of the Sun and West of the Moon, published in 1914.

The artworks are sold as a series of five prints mounted in custom-made passepartout and framed in wooden frames made of solid oak (external dimensions: 31,5 x 25,5 cm, depth 20 mm).

Abducted by a White Bear to a mysterious castle where her all desires can be satisfied at her request, a young woman must sleep every night alongside a man she could never see. After awhile, she starts wondering who the man is, and watches him in his sleep to discover the loveliest prince one ever set eyes on. Awaken by some hot drops she accidentally spills on him, he is horrified to see she broke the spell: indeed, his stepmother had bewitched him, and had she waited only a year, he would have been freed. He must now marry a monstrous princess who lives in a castle East of the Sun and West of the Moon. He leaves at once, and when the lassie wakes up, both prince and castle have disappeared and she finds herself alone in a gloomy forrest with the same bundle of rags she had brought with her from her old home.

After walking for many days, she meets an old witch and asks the way to the castle that lay East of the Sun and West of the Moon, but the witch doesn’t know and sends her to another witch, who herself sends her to another one, but no one knows how to help the young woman. Then she goes to the East Wind, the West Wind, the South Wind and finally the North Wind, which knows how to reach the castle and offers to blow her there if she is not afraid of the adventure.

Having arrived at the castle East of the Sun and West of the Moon, the lassie meets the monstrous princess and sells her a golden apple in exchange for a night with the prince. She princess accepts and drugs the prince for him not to be asleep when the lassie would be with him. Three nights on a row, the same trick happens until the prince is told he shouldn’t drink the potion the princess would serve him. In the end, the prince and the lassie see each other and make up a plan to free the prince. Being free and again reunited, the prince and his princess eventually flitted away from the castle that lays East of the Sun and West of the Moon.

Weight 3000 g
Dimensions 31,5 × 25,5 × 2 cm
Artist

Date

1914

Frame color

Wood

Frame dimensions

30 x 24 cm

Print type

Series