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From David Hockney’s celebrated Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm portfolio, an image from the story of ‘The boy who left home to learn fear’. Hockney chose this story for its obscurity: It was the only story from the Brothers Grimm that he had never read. Hockney does not recall from what photograph this composition was modeled after but the structure is similar to many of the ancient German castles he would have observed during his travels down the Rhine river.
The bell tower (Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm) 1969
Etching and aquatint on W S Hodgkinson paper watermarked “DH” and “PP”
Plate 10.4 x 6.5 in / 26.5 x 16.5 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
Light fold lower left corner and lower right edge, discoloration below image
