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Lot 5 |IMPORTANT DAVID HOCKNEY PRINTS FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION
DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)
Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
Closed28 October 2023
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USD 17,640
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DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)
Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
the complete set of 39 etchings, on Hodgkinson handmade paper, watermark DH/PP, 1969-1970, signed in pencil, annotated 'Ed B', numbered 33⁄100 on the justification page (from Edition B, there were also fifteen artist's proof sets), published by Petersburg Press, London, bound (as issued), together with the table of contents and justification pages, and text translated into English by Heiner Bastian, and the additional suite of six loose etchings, each signed in pencil and annotated 'Grimm, Ed. B' and numbered 33⁄100 in sepia ink on the reverse, each with full margins, in very good condition, together with the original blue calf boards and slipcase
Overall: 18 5⁄8 x 12 5⁄8 x 1 7⁄8 in. (473 x 321 x 48 mm.)
Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
the complete set of 39 etchings, on Hodgkinson handmade paper, watermark DH/PP, 1969-1970, signed in pencil, annotated 'Ed B', numbered 33⁄100 on the justification page (from Edition B, there were also fifteen artist's proof sets), published by Petersburg Press, London, bound (as issued), together with the table of contents and justification pages, and text translated into English by Heiner Bastian, and the additional suite of six loose etchings, each signed in pencil and annotated 'Grimm, Ed. B' and numbered 33⁄100 in sepia ink on the reverse, each with full margins, in very good condition, together with the original blue calf boards and slipcase
Overall: 18 5⁄8 x 12 5⁄8 x 1 7⁄8 in. (473 x 321 x 48 mm.)
DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)
Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
the complete set of 39 etchings, on Hodgkinson handmade paper, watermark DH/PP, 1969-1970, signed in pencil, annotated 'Ed B', numbered 33⁄100 on the justification page (from Edition B, there were also fifteen artist's proof sets), published by Petersburg Press, London, bound (as issued), together with the table of contents and justification pages, and text translated into English by Heiner Bastian, and the additional suite of six loose etchings, each signed in pencil and annotated 'Grimm, Ed. B' and numbered 33⁄100 in sepia ink on the reverse, each with full margins, in very good condition, together with the original blue calf boards and slipcase
Overall: 18 5⁄8 x 12 5⁄8 x 1 7⁄8 in. (473 x 321 x 48 mm.)
Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
the complete set of 39 etchings, on Hodgkinson handmade paper, watermark DH/PP, 1969-1970, signed in pencil, annotated 'Ed B', numbered 33⁄100 on the justification page (from Edition B, there were also fifteen artist's proof sets), published by Petersburg Press, London, bound (as issued), together with the table of contents and justification pages, and text translated into English by Heiner Bastian, and the additional suite of six loose etchings, each signed in pencil and annotated 'Grimm, Ed. B' and numbered 33⁄100 in sepia ink on the reverse, each with full margins, in very good condition, together with the original blue calf boards and slipcase
Overall: 18 5⁄8 x 12 5⁄8 x 1 7⁄8 in. (473 x 321 x 48 mm.)
Scottish Arts Council 70-108; Museum of Contemporary Art Toyko 67-105
Including: Catherina Dorothea Viehmann (S.A.C. 70); The princess in her tower (S.A.C. 71); The boy hidden in an egg (S.A.C. 72); The boy hidden in a fish (S.A.C. 73); The princess searching (S.A.C. 74); A wooded landscape (S.A.C. 75); The cook (S.A.C. 76); The pot boiling (S.A.C. 77); The rose and the rose stalk (S.A.C. 78); The church tower and the clock (S.A.C. 79); The lake (S.A.C. 80); Rapunzel growing in the garden (S.A.C. 81); The enchantress in her garden (S.A.C. 82); The enchantress with the baby Rapunzel (S.A.C. 83); The older Rapunzel (S.A.C. 84); The tower had one window (S.A.C. 85); Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair (S.A.C. 86); Home (S.A.C. 87); The bell tower (S.A.C. 88); The sexton disguised as a ghost (S.A.C. 89); The sexton disguised as a ghost stood still as stone (S.A.C. 90); Corpses on fire (S.A.C. 91); The haunted castle (S.A.C. 92); The carpenter's bench, a knife and fire (S.A.C. 93); A black cat leaping (S.A.C. 94); The lathe and fire (S.A.C. 95); Inside the castle (S.A.C. 96); Cold water about to hit the prince (S.A.C. 97); The Glass Mountain (S.A.C. 98); Old Rinkrank threatens the princess (S.A.C. 99); Digging up glass (S.A.C. 100); The Glass Mountain shattered (S.A.C. 101); The rescued princess (S.A.C. 102); Gold (S.A.C. 103); A room full of straw (S.A.C. 104); Straw on the left, gold on the right (S.A.C. 105); Pleading for the child (S.A.C. 106); Riding around on a cooking spoons (S.A.C. 107); He tore himself in two (S.A.C. 108)