$45.00

Kusama's delicate drawings both illustrate and interpret Hans Christian Andersen's tale

Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Little Mermaid” (1839), a story about a girl from the sea who followed her dreams and suffered a disastrous fate on land, is known all over the world (particularly in its animated incarnation). But the familiar story is brought to new life in this gorgeous edition, a collaboration between the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art and artist Yayoi Kusama.

Paired with Hans Christian Andersen’s original text, the densely patterned, undulating line drawings of Kusama’s Love Forever series (2004–7) conjure up storms in the roiling waves of the ocean, the Little Mermaid’s vast underwater kingdom and her longing to live in the human world. Kusama’s fertile, endlessly repeating forms are an ideal match for the poetic and disturbing universe evoked in the fairy tale; the result is a true collaboration. Kusama’s drawings both illustrate and interpret Andersen’s story, bringing it to terrifying life, and Andersen’s words lend narrative content to Kusama’s landscapes of unblinking eyes, curling tendrils and disembodied profiles.

Yayoi Kusama (born 1929) first left Japan at the age of 28, landing in late 1950s New York. Her oeuvre, now spanning more than 50 years, includes painting, performance, installations and environments, sculpture, film, fashion, design and literary work. She was recently named the world’s most popular artist, based on annual figures reported by The Art Newspaper for global museum attendance in 2014.

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Handle size chart

Please use this chart as a guide when purchasing a handle (+- 1/4 in.)

*The chart table for the handle is still under construction, so some information may differ.

Round Shape Mold
Round 3/4 in. 1 in.
Round 1 in. 1 1/4 in.
Round 1 1/2 in. 1 3/4 in.
Round 2 in. 2 1/4 in.
Round 3 in. 3 1/2 in.
Round 4 in. 4 1/2 in.
Round 5 in. 5 1/2 in.
Round 6 in. 6 3/4 in.
Round 6 1/2 in. 7 in.
Round 7 in. 7 3/4 in.
Round 7 1/2 in. 8 in., 8 1/4 in.
Round 8 in. 8 3/4 in.
Round 9 in. 9 1/2 in.
Round 10 in. 10 1/2 in.
Round 10 1/2 in. 11 1/4 in.
Round 11 in. 11 1/2 in.
Round 12 in. 12 1/2 in.
Round 13 1/2 in. 14 1/2 in.
Round 15 in. 15 1/2 in.
Round 18 in. 18 1/2 in.
Round 22 in. 22 1/2 in.
Round 24 in. 24 1/2 in.
Apple Basket 14 1/2 in.
Flower Pot 5 in. 5 1/2 in.
Flower Pot 7 in. 7 1/2 in.
Ice Bucket 1 QT. 7 in.
Ice Bucket 2 QT. 7 1/2 in.
Ice Bucket 3 QT. 8 1/4 in.
Ice Bucket 5 QT. 8 1/4 in.
Sand Pail Mini 2 in.
Sand Pail 6 in. 6 3/4 in.
Wine Cooler Iceless 5 1/4 in.
Wine Cooler With Ice 5 1/2 in.
*Martin Brown Handle recommends normal size plus 1/4 in.
For Round Nest Slotted Handle we recommend a handle that is the same actual size of the mold
Oval Shape Mold used on long side used on short side
Oval 1 1/4 in. 1 1/2 in. 1 in.
Oval 3 in. 3 3/4 in. 2 3/4 in.
Oval 4 3/4 in. (Baby Purse) 5 1/4 in. 4 in.
Oval 6 3/4 in. (Cocktail Purse) 7 1/4 in., 7 1/2 in. 5 1/2 in.
Oval 7 in. 7 3/4 in., 8 in. 5 1/4 in.
Oval 8 in. 8 3/4 in., 9 in. 6 3/4 in., 7 in.
Oval 9 in. 9 1/2 in. 6 3/4 in.
Oval 10 in. 10 1/2 in. 7 1/2 in.
Oval 12 in. 12 3/4 in. 8 3/4 in.
Oval 14 in. 14 3/4 in. 11 in.
Oval 16 in. 16 3/4 in. 12 3/4 in.
Oval 18 1/2 in. (Picnic) 19 in. 13 in.
Oval 18 in. 18 3/4 in. 14 1/4 in.
Oval 20 in. 20 3/4 in. 15 3/4 in.
Oval 22 in. 22 3/4 in. 16 3/4 in.
Oval 25 in. 26 in. 17 in.
Oval Nest 6 in. 6 1/2 in. 4 1/2 in.
Oval Nest 8 in. 8 1/4 in. 5 3/4 in.
Oval Nest 9 1/2 in. 9 3/4 in. 7 1/4 in.
Oval Nest 11 in. 11 1/2 in. 8 3/4 in.
Oval Nest 12 1/2 in. 13 in. 10 in.
Oval Nest 14 in. 14 1/2 in. 11 in.
Oval Nest 16 in. 16 3/4 in. 12 1/2 in.
*Martin Brown Handle recommends normal size plus 1/4 in.
For Round Nest Slotted Handle we recommend a handle that is the same actual size of the mold
Misc Shape Mold used on long side used on short side
Aly's Tray 15 in. 10 1/2 in.
Biscotti 7 1/4 in.
Bun Tray 10 in. x 7 in. 10 3/4 in. 8 in.
Bun Tray 12 in. x 6 in. 12 1/2 in. 7 in.
Business Card 5 in. 3 1/4 in.
Butler's Tray 20 1/2 in. 15 in.
Cottage Sewing 15 in. 11 1/2 in.
Creel 4 3/4 in. 4 1/2 in.
Creel 8 in. 8 in.
Creel 9 inl Authentic 9 in.
Creel 10 in. 10 in.
Creel 12 in. Authentic 12 in.
Cracker 13 1/4 in. 5 1/2 in.
Cradle 22 in.
Diamond 7 1/2 in. 8 1/4 in. 4 3/4 in.
Diamond 9 1/2 in. 10 1/4 in. 6 3/4 in.
Doc Magee No. 1/Mini Picnic 2 3/4 in. 2 in.
Doc Magee No. 2 3 3/4 in. 2 3/4 in.
Doc Magee No. 3 5 1/4 in. 3 3/4 in.
Doc Magee No. 4 6 1/2 in. 5 in.
Doc Magee No. 5 8 in. 6 in.
Double Wine 9 in. 6 1/4 in.
Double Wine (Dog Bone Style) 5 1/2 in.
Egg Basket (Dog Bone Style) 6 1/2 in.
Flatback 7 in. 8 in. 5 in.
Flatback 9 in. 10 in. 6 1/2 in.
French Bread 16 3/4 in. 6 1/4 in.
Fruit Basket 16 3/4 in. 12 in.
Italian Loaf 15 1/2 in. 8 1/2 in.
Jailhouse 14 1/4 in. 12 1/4 in.
Kidney 8 in. 8 1/2 in.
Kidney 9 in. 9 3/4 in.
Lake Side No. 1 4 1/4 in. 2 3/4 in.
Lake Side No. 2 5 1/4 in. 3 3/4 in.
Lake Side No. 3 6 in. 4 1/2 in.
Lake Side No. 4 6 3/4 in. 5 1/4 in.
Lake Side No. 5 7 1/2 in. 6 in.
Marquis 6 in. 6 1/4 in. 4 3/4 in.
Marquis 8 in. 9 in. 7 in.
Marquis 10 in. 11 1/2 in. 9 3/4 in.
Martha Lawrence 5 in. 5 1/2 in. 3 1/4 in.
Martha Lawrence 6 in. 7 in. 5 in.
Martha Lawrence 8 in. 8 3/4 in. 6 1/2 in.
Octagon 7 1/2 in. 5 1/2 in.
Opera 6 in. 6 3/4 in. 4 3/4 in.
Opera 7 in. 7 3/4 in. 5 3/4 in.
Polygon 4 in. 4 1/2 in.
Polygon 5 in. 5 1/2 in.
Polygon 6 in. 6 1/2 in.
Polygon 7 in. 7 1/2 in.
Rectangle 11 in. 11 1/4 in. 6 1/2 in.
Salt & Pepper 6 1/4 in. 3 3/4 in.
Sewing 11 in. 12 in. 8 1/2 in.
Square 4 in. 4 1/2 in.
Square 5 in. 5 1/2 in.
Square 6 in. 6 1/2 in.
Square 7 in. 7 1/2 in.
Tooth Fairy/Ring Holder 3 1/2 in. 2 in.
Tote 8 in. 9 in. 4 1/2 in.
Tote 9 in. 10 in. 5 3/4 in.
Tote 10 in. 11 in. 5 3/4 in.
Tote 13 in. (Lisa's Tote) 13 1/2 in. 7 1/2 in.
Tupper 9 in. 4 1/2 in.
Wauwinet 14 in. 4 1/2 in.
*Martin Brown Handle recommends normal size plus 1/4 in.
For Round Nest Slotted Handle we recommend a handle that is the same actual size of the mold