Lot 120
  • 120

David Hockney, R.A.

Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description

  • David Hockney, R.A.
  • Catherina Dorothea Viehmann (S.A.C. 70; MCA Tokyo 67)
  • etching and aquatint
  • plate: 28.1 by 22.8cm.; 11 1/8 by 9in.; sheet: 62 by 44.8cm.; 24 3/8 by 17 5/8 in.
Etching and aquatint, 1969, from Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, signed in pencil, numbered 69/100, on Hodgkinson handmade paper, printed at the Print Shop, Amsterdam, published by Petersburg Press, London & New York

Condition

With full margins (a partial deckle at left and lower sheet edges), in good condition apart from slight discoloration in the margins nearer to the sheet edges, a few very small, unobtrusive fox marks, a small area of skinning in the upper margin, three areas of skinning along the lower sheet edge verso (from previous hinging), hinged to mount at two places along the upper sheet edge verso (with some associated discoloration in the upper margin recto), framed.
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