Moeschlin, Elsa. The red horse. New York, Coward, McCann Inc. (1944). 4°. 19, (1) p. with colour illustrated title and 21 (2 full-page) colour illustrations. Colour illustrated original half cloth binding with colour illustrated dust jacket.

Vgl. Bilderwelt 656. Doderer-Müller 706 u. S. 308 ff. (mit Abb.). Klotz 4733/2. LKJ II, 491 f. Murken, Stuffer 3 u. S. 61 f. (mit Abb. 4). SBI 832 u. S. 53 f. (mit Abb. auf Tafel 26). Stuck-Villa II, 261. (All original German editions published by Stuffer in 1927). – Third American edition. – ‘In the picture book ’The Red Horse“, Elsa Moeschlin depicts a child’s dream of revitalising a toy and escaping from familiar but confined surroundings, from the protection of the family and the supervision of the mother. However, this freedom brings with it privations and new obligations. The return to the security of the family means giving up some of the personal freedom that is symbolised in the separation from the dream horse, which has once again become an ordinary wooden horse. (The book) is considered an example of expressionist art in picture books because of its simple, ornamental-looking pictures, which are also influenced by expressionism in form and colour“ (B. Murken). – ‘The pictures and text do not set the fairy tale in an indeterminate past, as many attempts of the time did, but in rural Sweden in the 20th century, characterised by radio, engines, railways, landscapes with birch and fir trees, girls in the folk costume of Dalarne’ (R. Rauter in LKJ). – The book was published in the USA in 1929, 1933 and 1944. – Very good copy from the estate of the German publisher Herbert Stuffer.

• Kategorie: Kinder- und Jugendbücher / Märchen und Sagen / Volksbücher
• Schlagwörter: Expressionismus · Expressionnisme · Schweden · Sweden
• Sprache: Englisch
• Schutzumschlag
• Bestellnummer: 108053BB

Unser Preis: EUR 160,--