David Hockney

Hockney was born in Bradford in 1937. He was a brilliant draughtsman, the best known painter of his generation, and gained international success in his mid-20s. Hockney attended Bradford School of Art and Royal College of Art, where he was awarded a Gold Medal for Etching. Having settled in Los Angeles he held various teaching posts in America and was Slade Professor of Fine Art, Cambridge University, 1990.

Hockney’s work is held in galleries internationally and he has had a continuous stream of one-man shows around the world. Notable works for the printed page are his illustrations for Cavafy’s Poems, 1967, and Six Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, 1969. He was elected RA in 1991 and was made Companion of Honour in 1997.

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The Lake

Etching, Aquatint, 1969
Suite: Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
Unsigned
Edition of 400
Paper size: 32 × 44.2cm
£3250 Framed
From Book Edition B for the Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brother's Grimm suite. Printed by the Print Shop, Amsterdam and published by Petersburg Press, London.

A Black Cat Leaping

Etching, Aquatint, 1969
Suite: Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
Unsigned
Edition of 400
Paper size: 27 × 23.5cm
£2750 Framed
From Book Edition B for the Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brother's Grimm suite. Printed by the Print Shop, Amsterdam and published by Petersburg Press, London

The Haunted Castle

Etching, Aquatint, 1969
Suite: Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
Unsigned
Edition of 400
Paper size: 20.5 × 34.2cm
£2950 Framed
From Book Edition B for the Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brother's Grimm suite. Printed by the Print Shop, Amsterdam and published by Petersburg Press, London.

The Boy Hidden in a Fish

Etching, Aquatint, 1969
Suite: Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
Unsigned
Edition of 400
Paper size: 27 × 23cm
£2950 Framed
From Book Edition B for the Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brother's Grimm suite. Printed by the Print Shop, Amsterdam and published by Petersburg Press, London.

Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let Down Your Hair

Etching, Aquatint, 1969
Suite: Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
Unsigned
Edition of 400
Paper size: 25.8 × 24.3cm
£1750 Framed
From the Story Rapunzel. For Six Fairy Tales From the Brothers Grimm

Digging up Glass

Etching, Aquatint, 1969
Suite: Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
Unsigned
Edition of 400
Paper size: 11 × 13cm
£950 Framed
From the Story Old Rinkrank. For Six Fairy Tales From the Brothers Grimm.

Cold Water About to Hit the Prince

Etching, Aquatint, 1969
Suite: Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
Unsigned
Edition of 400
Paper size: 27 × 28.5cm
£2450 Framed
From the Story The Boy who Left Home to Learn Fear. For Six Fairy Tales From the Brothers Grimm.

Gold

Etching and Aquatint, 1969
Suite: Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
Signed
Edition of 100
Paper size: 26 × 34.3cm
£6250 Framed
From the signed portfolio edition of 100 for the Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brother's Grimm suite.Printed by the Print Shop, Amsterdam and published by Petersburg Press, London.

He Tore Himself in Two

Etching and Aquatint, 1969
Suite: Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
Unsigned
Edition of 400
Paper size: 32.4 × 44.7cm
£1200 Framed
From the story Rumpelstilzchen. For Six Fairy Tales From the Brothers Grimm.

Portrait of Felix Mann

Lithograph, 1969
Signed
Edition of 400
Paper size: 53 × 76cm
£12,500 Framed
Signed original lithograph in grey on japon paper. Hockney worked on a zinc plate in crayon for this lithograph. Proof aside from the main edition of 65. Printed by Stanley Jones at the Curwen Studio. Published by Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich for the portfolio Europaeische Grafik No.7. Bears the blindstamp from the Archive of Stanley Jones.

The Sexton Disguised as a Ghost Stood Still as Stone

Etching and Aquatint, 1969
Suite: Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
Signed
Edition of 100
Paper size: 32.2 × 44.5cm
£SOLD
From the story The Boy Who Left Home to Learn Fear for Six Fairy Tales From the Brothers Grimm, from the Book edition D.

Edition number verso in brown ink. Very slight showing through of ink from edition number on bottom margin behind signature. The etchings were drawn onto plates by the artist, proofed by Maurice Payne and printed by Piet Clement. Published by the Petersburg Press, London in association with the Kasmin Gallery.

Pool Made with Paper and Blue Ink for Book

Lithograph, 1980
Suite: Paper Tools
Unsigned
Edition of 1000
Paper size: 23 × 26.5cm
£17,500 Framed
Original 6-colour hand-drawn lithograph drawn on 3 limestone and 3 aluminium plates on Arches Cover mould-made paper. Published by Tyler Graphics, New York, with their blind stamp, 1980.

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