David Hockney b.1937

Hockney created 39 etchings for the series ‘Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm’. The etching plates were hand-drawn by David Hockney in London between May and November 1969, proofed by Maurice Payne and printed by Piet Clement on W.S.Hodgkinson paper. Published by the Petersburg Press in association with the Kasmin Gallery in 1970.

The folio in black leather calf box comprises 39 loose etchings some with aquatint and drypoint illustrating the 6 fairy tales from the brothers Grimm. The loose etchings are all numbered and signed in pencil, an edition of 100 with the 6 printed books unbound.

1)The Boy who left Home to Learn Fear 2) Old Rinkrank 3) Rumpelstilzchen 4)The Little Sea Hare 5) Fundevogel 6) Rapunzel

Below an example of 6 etchings, please contact us for further information and images. Condition is pristine.
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For this series Hockney selected six stories from the 220 by the Brothers Grimm, which he’d delighted in since childhood. Hockney stated, "They’re fascinating, the little stories, told in a very very simple, direct, straightforward language and style, it was this simplicity that attracted me. They cover quite a strange range of experience, from the magical to the moral."

David Hockney (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer. As an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century.

Hockney has owned residences and studios in Bridlington, England; and London as well as two residences in California, where he has lived intermittently since 1964: one in the Hollywood Hills, one in Malibu. He has an office and stores his archives on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California.

On 15 November 2018, Hockney's 1972 work Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sold at Christie's auction house in New York City for $90 million (£70 million), becoming the most expensive artwork by a living artist sold at auction. Hockney held the record until 15 May 2019 when Koons reclaimed the honour by selling his Rabbit for more than $91 million at Christie's in New York.