Hans Christian Andersen's Paper Cuts in The Royal Library.
The Laage Petersen Collection No. 656

Silhouettes


Medium 

Binding.

33 x 26 cm.

1:1 

Large

Bouquet stand and butterfly with dancers.

21 x 17 cm.

Cut on Holsteinborg 1874 for Elisabeth Møller, the daughter of the local rural dean F.A.C. Møller: "Hans Christian Andersen and I were at the same time guests on Holsteinborg. One day as we were going to the dinner table he came and gave me a bouquet. - "By rights some flower paper should have been around it" he said, then from his pocket took a scissors and some paper and cut it while I was looking at it. - The summer 74."

Medium 

1:1

Garland with men and swans.

23 x 23 cm.

1:1 

Large

Dancers under trees.

15 x 9,5 cm.

Cut for Axel Læssøe in 1866.

1:1 

Large

Tableau of dancers.

23 x 15 cm.

On the paper cut Hans Christian Andersen has written (here in normal prose): "From the scissors of Hans Christian Andersen / a firy tale immediately sprang / You got the paper cut / Yu are the mild criticism!"

1:1 

Large

Persons with umbrellas.

10,5 x 11,5 cm.

Medium 

1:1

Silhouette with swan and flowers.

23,5 x 30

Cut on Basnæs

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