Illustrations for 'Six Fairy Tales' from the Brothers Grimm
$500
DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)
Illustrations for 'Six Fairy Tales' from the Brothers Grimm
the complete book of 39 etchings, some with aquatint
1969-70
on Hodgkinson handmade wove paper, watermark DH/PP
with title, text and justification
Edition B, signed in pencil on the justification, annotated Ed B and with the copy number 62⁄100
from the edition of one hundred, published by Petersburg Press, London, 1970
with the additional suite of six loose etchings (S.A.C. 85, 96, 97, 99, 103, 108)
each signed in pencil recto, numbered and inscribed Grimm, Ed. B 62⁄100 in sepia ink verso
within the original blue calf binding, boards and slipcase
in very good condition
Plates 39 x 28 cm. (15 3⁄8 x 11 in.) (and smaller)
Sheets 45 x 31 cm. (17 ½ x 12 ¼ in.) (and similar)
Overall 47,4 x 32 x 4,7 cm. (18 5⁄8 x 12 5⁄8 x 1 7⁄8 in.) (slipcase)(7)