May 11, 2017 - Sale 2447

Sale 2447 - Lot 246

Price Realized: $ 23,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
DAVID HOCKNEY
Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm.

Portfolio with complete text and 39 etchings, some with aquatint, with the additional suite of 6 etchings on Hodgkinson handmade wove paper, 1970. 438x305 mm; 17 1/4x12 inches (sheets), full margins, loose as issued.

Edition C; there were also editions A and B, each with a different suite of 6 additional etchings. Signed, inscribed "Ed C" and numbered 33/100 on the justification; the suite of 6 etchings each signed in pencil, lower right, and annotated, inscribed "Ed. C" and numbered 33/100 in sepia ink, lower verso. Published by Petersburg Press, London.

Original blue leather portfolios and slipcase. Scottish Arts Council 70-108.