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David Hockney
Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm (S.A.C. 70-108, M.C.A.T. 67-105)
- Estimate
- £5,000 - 7,000♠
£5,418
Lot Details
The complete set of six leporellos with 38 etchings (32 with aquatint), on joined sheets of Hodkinson handmade paper watermarked DH and PP, with texts, the full sheets.
1969
all I. various
all folded S. 45 x 31 cm (17 3/4 x 12 1/4 in.)
all folded S. 45 x 31 cm (17 3/4 x 12 1/4 in.)
All signed and numbered 32/100 in pencil on the title page (there were also 15 artist's proofs and a book edition of 400), published by Petersburg Press, London, in association with Kasmin Gallery, New York, 1970, lacking the portfolio box, frontispiece and additional set of 39 loose etchings, printed in the Netherlands, unframed.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Including The Little Sea Hare; Fundevogel; Rapunzel; The Boy Who Left Home to Learn Fear; Old Rinkrank; and Rumpelstilzchen.
Literature
David Hockney
BritishDavid Hockney (b. 1937) is one of the most well-known and celebrated artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. He works across many mediums, including painting, collage, and more recently digitally, by creating print series on iPads. His works show semi-abstract representations of domestic life, human relationships, floral, fauna, and thechanging of seasons.
Hockney has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Royal Academy of Arts in London, and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, among many other institutions. On the secondary market, his work has sold for more than $90 million.
Browse ArtistHockney has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Royal Academy of Arts in London, and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, among many other institutions. On the secondary market, his work has sold for more than $90 million.