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From David Hockney’s celebrated Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm portfolio, an image from the story of Rapunzel. Hockney stated: “The old woman who wants the child. In one translation she is called a witch, and in another she’s called an enchantress….I preferred this word ‘enchantress’ – it wasn’t quite as harsh on her as the word ‘witch’, it seemed to me. This one is again invented. I think it’s partly done from Bruegel, a detail from a Bruegel painting, the hat”. Hockney’s quirky portrait captures the energy of Bruegel’s engrossing characters and grotesque humor.
The Enchantress in her garden (Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm) 1969
Etching and aquatint on W S Hodgkinson paper watermarked “DH” and “PP”
Plate 9.1 x 5.1 in / 23.2 x 13 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
Slight discoloration upper right corner and left edge, waviness along edges as published
