Six fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm / with original etchings by David Hockney.

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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
[London] : Petersburg Press in association with the Kasmin Gallery, [1970]
Description
61 unnumbered pages : 39 illustrations ; 11 cm

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    Notes
    • "The etchings were drawn onto plates by the artist. Proofed by Maurice Payne and printed by Piet Clement. Translated from the German original by Heiner Bastian. Typography co-ordinated by Eric Ayers"--T.p. verso.
    • "The book has been printed in four editions of 100 with 15 artist's proofs, each including the six Fairy Tales and thirty-nine etchings; they are signed and numbered ... Each volume is accompanied by six loose etchings in a sleeve selected from the book, signed by the artist on the face and numbered on the reverse"--P. [61].
    • Miniature photoreproduction of the 46 cm. edition published in the same year.
    Contents
    • The little sea hare
    • Fundevogel
    • Rapunzel
    • The boy who left home to learn fear
    • Old Rinkrank
    • Rumpelstilzchen.
    ISBN
    • 0902825003
    • 9780902825000
    LCCN
    79301521
    OCLC
    4774856
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