1981
Edition Size: N/A
Sheet Size: 33 x 24 inches
Unsigned
Condition: Excellent
Boy Hidden in an Egg poster
By David Hockney
The etching reproduced on this poster is The Boy Hidden in an Egg by David Hockney from his Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, 1969. The poster was first printed for an exhibition at Galerie Der Speigel, Cologne, and then reprinted by Petersburg Press in 1981.
Approximate dimensions: 33 x 24 in / 83.8 x 61cm
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Born in Bradford England on the 9th July 1937 David Hockney was interested in art from a very early age, and was an admirer of Fragonard, Picasso and Matisse. The fifth of six children his parents encouraged his artistic experimentation. He went to the Bradford College of Art 1953-57. To fulfil his national service, he worked in hospitals as he was a conscientious objector to war. Then in 1959 he was accepted into the Royal College of Art, Graduate school in London.
