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The Sexton Disguised as a Ghost Stood Still as Stone by David Hockney

The Sexton Disguised as a Ghost Stood Still as Stone by David Hockney

Sims Reed Gallery (IFPDA)

Etching

1969

Edition Size: ​Printer's proof aside from the total book edition of 400

Sheet Size: 45x31.2 cm

Unsigned

Condition: Excellent

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Etching, softground etching, 1969 printed in 1970. From: Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales From the Brothers Grimm.
An early printer’s proof issued to Rudolf Rieser, the binder who created the leather bindings for the book. Printed on handmade paper by W.S Hodgkinson, Bath. Made especially for this edition with the watermark ‘DH. PP’.
All the plates were issued without text and are therefore on full sheets.
(SAC 90; Tokyo 87).
45 x 31.2 cm

£1,200.00

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.

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