Hockney, David, illus.

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

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Description

printed book, signed

Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm. Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm. (London:) Petersburg Press, (1970)

Folio (closed bolt pages: 18 x 12 in.; 458 x 305 mm, uncut). 39 etchings of various sizes by Hockney. Full dark blue morocco binding, portfolio for loose plates and slipcase, by Rudolf Rieser of Cologne; some light abrasion to edges of slipcase.

Provenance

Duane Michals

Literature

Manet to Hockney 146

Catalogue Note

Artist's proof number IV of edition C (of a whole edition of 575 including portfolio editions and artist's proofs), signed by Hockney and with six unbound etchings, each also signed by Hockney. The six extra plates in this edition are "The Lake," "The Older Rapunzal," "Home," "The Bell Tower," "Corpses on Fire," and "The Princess after Many Years in the Glass Mountain."

Hockney's memorable interpretation of six of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. The etchings were drawn directly onto copper plates by Hockney in 1969. The artist selected the tales, which were then translated into English by Heiner Bastian. The paper is pure white rag, watermarked "DH.PP", by W. S. Hodgkinson, Bath. The etchings were printed by Piet Clement in Amsterdam and the text (set in Plantin light) by Vivian Ridler at the Oxford University Press.