David Hockney

Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm (Scottish Arts Council 70-108; Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo 67-105)

Auction Closed

October 22, 04:54 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 40,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Petersburg Press Archives

David Hockney

b. 1937

Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm (Scottish Arts Council 70-108; Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo 67-105)

each signed in pencil and inscribed Cancellation Proof.

the complete set of 39 etchings on Hodgkinson handmade paper with the artist's watermarked initials

largest plates: 17 ¾ by 12 ¾ in. (45 by 32.5 cm.)

largest sheets: 27 ¼ by 17 ½ in. (69.1 by 44.6 cm.)

Executed in 1969-70, this set is the cancellation proof set aside from the numbered edition of 100 plus 15 artist's proof sets, published by Petersburg Press.

(39 prints)

Petersburg Press, Inc., New York

Private Collection

Acquired from the above by the present owner

The 39 steel faced cancellation copper plates used to print Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm were gifted to the Victoria and Albert Museum by the artist and the publisher, Petersburg Press. The plates were cancelled by having a hole bored through a central part of each image within the plate.

A certificate of authenticity for this lot from Petersburg Press will be provided upon request.