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...