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Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm (S.A.C. 70-108; Tokyo 67-105)
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David Hockney (b. 1937)
Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm (S.A.C. 70-108; Tokyo 67-105)
the complete portfolio of 39 etchings, some with aquatint, 1969-70, on Hodgkinson handmade wove paper, with title, text and justification, with the suite of six plates, signed and numbered 17/100 in pencil on the justification, Edition D (there were also one hundred copies of the editions A, B, and C with different suites; and the portfolio edition of one hundred with a suite of all plates), published by Petersburg Press, London, 1970, the full sheets, with deckle edges, bound (as issued), the separate suite of six plates loose (as issued), each signed in pencil recto, inscribed Grimm and numbered in pen and sepia ink on the reverse, the full sheets, within the original dark blue calf binding, separate folder for the suite, and slipcase, with the title and artist's name on the spine; together with a miniature booklet of the Six Fairy Tales, published by Petersburg Press, all in very good condition(portfolio)
480 x 325 mm. (overall)
Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm (S.A.C. 70-108; Tokyo 67-105)
the complete portfolio of 39 etchings, some with aquatint, 1969-70, on Hodgkinson handmade wove paper, with title, text and justification, with the suite of six plates, signed and numbered 17/100 in pencil on the justification, Edition D (there were also one hundred copies of the editions A, B, and C with different suites; and the portfolio edition of one hundred with a suite of all plates), published by Petersburg Press, London, 1970, the full sheets, with deckle edges, bound (as issued), the separate suite of six plates loose (as issued), each signed in pencil recto, inscribed Grimm and numbered in pen and sepia ink on the reverse, the full sheets, within the original dark blue calf binding, separate folder for the suite, and slipcase, with the title and artist's name on the spine; together with a miniature booklet of the Six Fairy Tales, published by Petersburg Press, all in very good condition(portfolio)
480 x 325 mm. (overall)
Special notice
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Further details
The suite of this edition includes The princess in her tower (S.A.C. 71), The enchantress with the baby Rapunzel (S.A.C. 83), The sexton disguised as a ghost still as stone (S.A.C. 90), The haunted castle (S.A.C. 92), A black cat leaping (S.A.C. 94) and The glass mountain (S.A.C. 98).
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