David Hockney

Hockney was born in Bradford in 1937. He was a brilliant draughtsman, the best known painter of his generation, and gained international success in his mid-20s. Hockney attended Bradford School of Art and Royal College of Art, where he was awarded a Gold Medal for Etching. Having settled in Los Angeles he held various teaching posts in America and was Slade Professor of Fine Art, Cambridge University, 1990.

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Hockney’s work is held in galleries internationally and he has had a continuous stream of one-man shows around the world. Notable works for the printed page are his illustrations for Cavafy’s Poems, 1967, and Six Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, 1969. He was elected RA in 1991 and was made Companion of Honour in 1997.

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Etching, Aquatint, 1969
Suite: Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
Unsigned
Edition of 400
Paper size: 44.5 × 32cm
£9450 Framed
From Book Edition B for the Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brother's Grimm suite. Printed by the Print Shop, Amsterdam, and published by Petersburg Press, London.

Diver
Diver

Lithograph, Olympische Spiele München, 1972
Suite: The Blue Guitar
Signed in Plate
Paper size: 100.5 × 64cm
£1450
Lithographic poster produced for the 1972 Munich Olympics. Signed and dated in the plate. This is a later reprint of the original poster.

The Old Guitarist
The Old Guitarist

Etching and Aquatint, 1976-77
Suite: The Blue Guitar
Signed
Edition 106 of 200
Paper size: 34.5 × 42.5cm
£18,500 Framed
The Blue Guitar suite of twenty etchings was inspired by a poem by the American poet Wallace Stevens, who had drawn inspiration from Picasso's painting The Old Guitarist. It was printed in London and New York at the Petersburg Studios and published by Petersburg Press as both a print portfolio and a book. The images were created to accompany the book-length poem, each print being Hockney’s unique interpretation of the poem, rather than a literal illustration.

Pool Made with Paper and Blue Ink for Book
Pool Made with Paper and Blue Ink for Book

Lithograph, 1980
Suite: Paper Pools
Unsigned
Edition of 1000
Paper size: 23 × 26.5cm
£17,450 Framed
Original 6-colour hand-drawn lithograph drawn on 3 limestone and 3 aluminium plates on Arches Cover mould-made paper. Published by Tyler Graphics, New York, with their blind stamp, 1980.

The Lake
The Lake

Etching, Aquatint, 1969
Suite: Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
Unsigned
Edition of 400
Paper size: 32 × 44.2cm
£3250 Framed
From Book Edition B for the Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brother's Grimm suite. Printed by the Print Shop, Amsterdam and published by Petersburg Press, London.

The Haunted Castle
The Haunted Castle

Etching, Aquatint, 1969
Suite: Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
Unsigned
Edition of 400
Paper size: 20.5 × 34.2cm
£2950 Framed
From Book Edition B for the Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brother's Grimm suite. Printed by the Print Shop, Amsterdam and published by Petersburg Press, London.

The Boy Hidden in a Fish
The Boy Hidden in a Fish

Etching, Aquatint, 1969
Suite: Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
Unsigned
Edition of 400
Paper size: 27 × 23cm
£2950 Framed
From Book Edition B for the Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brother's Grimm suite. Printed by the Print Shop, Amsterdam and published by Petersburg Press, London.

 

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