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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
