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The Enchantress with the baby Rapunzel (Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm)

David Hockney

Petersburg Press United States

Artwork details

Artist

David Hockney

Title

The Enchantress with the baby Rapunzel (Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm)

Description

From David Hockney’s celebrated Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm portfolio, an image from the story of Rapunzel. The Enchantress with the baby Rapunzel references a Heironymus Bosch painting ‘The Adoration of the Magi’ (1475) depicting the Virgin Mary and Child, and the trees originate from a Leonardo painting. Hockney deliberately made the woman ugly, imagining her as an old spinster who wished to spirit away the child of another. The enchantress’ cloak is rendered with dark aquatint and simple lines which emulate the ornate, structured folds of early Renaissance artworks.

The Enchantress with the baby Rapunzel (Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm) 1969
Etching and aquatint on W S Hodgkinson paper watermarked "DH" and "PP"
Plate 10.6 x 9.1 in / 27 x 23.1 cm
Paper 17.75 x 16 in / 45.09 x 40.64 cm
Unique publisher’s copy aside from the edition of 400 books and 100 portfolios

Date

1969

Medium

Etching and Aquatint

Edition

Unique publisher’s copy aside from the edition of 400 books and 100 portfolios

Signature

Unsigned

Image

10.6 x 9.1 inches

Sheet

17.75 x 16 inches

Status

Available

Price

$900.00

The Artist

David Hockney

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.