David Hockney (British, b. 1937) Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, published in 1970 by Petersburg Press, New York & London, total edition of 400, bound book containing thirty-nine etchings plus six etchings in a portfolio. Signed and numbered "David Hockney Ed D 17/100" in pencil on the colophon page, each of the six unbound prints signed in pencil l.r. and numbered in ink on the reverse. 17 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. (45.0 x 31.0 cm), in a blue leather binding with slip case. Condition: Minor wear to case. Provenance: Purchased from the publisher, 1977; the estate of Mary Lee Ingbar, Cambridge, Massachusetts. N.B. The lot is accompanied by a miniature facsimile of the book and by a copy of Donna Stein's Contemporary Illustrated Books: Words and Images 1967-1988 (Independent Curators Incorporated: New York, 1989).
David Hockney (British, b. 1937) Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, published in 1970 by Petersburg Press, New York & London, total edition of 400, bound book containing thirty-nine etchings plus six etchings in a portfolio. Signed and numbered "David Hockney Ed D 17/100" in pencil on the colophon page, each of the six unbound prints signed in pencil l.r. and numbered in ink on the reverse. 17 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. (45.0 x 31.0 cm), in a blue leather binding with slip case. Condition: Minor wear to case. Provenance: Purchased from the publisher, 1977; the estate of Mary Lee Ingbar, Cambridge, Massachusetts. N.B. The lot is accompanied by a miniature facsimile of the book and by a copy of Donna Stein's Contemporary Illustrated Books: Words and Images 1967-1988 (Independent Curators Incorporated: New York, 1989).
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