The Foundling Bird (from Illustrations to Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm) (1969)

David Hockney

etching and aquatint on paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

The Foundling Bird (from Illustrations to Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm) (1969)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Print, Book Illustration

Physical Object Description:

Mountain landscape with lake, illustration to Grimm's 'Fundevogel'. 1969 Etching and aquatint. Signed in pencil. Verso annotated: "Grimm Ed C." and numbered 53/100.

Technique:

Aquatint, Etching

Dimensions:

35.3 x 20.1 cm

Accession Number:

1972,0408.9

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1972

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from Kasmin Gallery Ltd by John Sainsbury (1927-2022) for the Contemporary Art Society, 1970; presented to Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1972

Relationship:

John Davan Sainsbury Kasmin Gallery Ltd, London Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Literature, Fairytale

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