David Hockney (1937 - )

Original prints from Three Early Suites

Grimm’s Fairy Tales
The Blue Guitar
Poems of Cavafy

plus some more recent material.

Some of the prints from “Grimm’s Fairy Tales” and “Poems of Cavafy” are available in signed and unsigned formats. Please email gallery@greatatlantic.co.uk for details, mentioning the particular print title that is of interest.

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David Hockney (1937 - )

A major touring exhibition of almost 40 David Hockney original etchings and other prints will visit the Cornish port and art University town of Falmouth.

David Hockney was born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1937. A brilliant draughtsman, he attended Bradford School of Art (1953-7) and Royal College of Art (1959-62), where he was awarded a Gold Medal and the Guinness Award for Etching. He subsequently won innumerable prizes for his painting, graphics and photography and was elected RA in 1991 and was made Companion of Honour in 1997. Hockney moved in Los Angeles from 1977, where the Pacific Ocean light and the liberal social attitudes had a marked influence. 

Having gained international success from his mid-twenties, David Hockney is arguably the best known painter of his generation. Fortunately for us he has enjoyed printmaking throughout his distinguished career and we are delighted to be able to offer for sale many examples of his outstanding etchings, particularly from the now sought after early years.

The works on exhibition at The Great Atlantic Falmouth Gallery have been drawn from three particular sources of notable works for the printed page: his etched illustrations for Greek poet “C.P. Cavafy’s Poems”, 1967, “Six Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm”, 1969 and “The Blue Guitar, etchings by David Hockney who was inspired by Wallace Stevens who was inspired by Pablo Picasso”, 1977.

Provenance and history of the David Hockney prints

Please call 01326 318452 / 01736 788911 or e-mail: gallery@greatatlantic.co.uk to reserve the print of your choice.

“Catherina Dorothea Viehmann”
1969 etching, aquatint, signed artists proof
edition of 100, 11” x 9” £1,650

“The Lake”
1969 etching, aquatint, drypoint
edition of 400, 17” x 12” £850

“Black Cat Leaping”
1969 etching, aquatint
edition of 400, 9” x 10.5” £850

“The Princess in her Tower”
1969 etching, aquatint
edition of 400, 17” x 12.5” £550

“The Tower had one Window”
1969 etching, aquatint
edition of 400, 13” x 6” £495

“The Rose and Rose Stalk”
1969 etching
edition of 400, 11” x 5” £950

"A Room Full of Straw"
1969 etching, aquatint, signed and numbered
edition of 100, 10” x 8.5” £1,795

"The Boy Hidden in an Egg"
1969 etching, aquatint, drypoint
edition of 400, 8” x 6.5” £895

"The Boy Hidden in an Fish"
1969 etching, aquatint, drypoint
edition of 400, 9” x 10.5” £895

"The Carpenter's Bench, a Knife and Fire"
1969 etching, aquatint, drypoint
edition of 400, 6” x 6.5” £1,050

"Cold Water About to Hit the Prince"
1969 etching, aquatint, signed and numbered
edition of 100, 17.5” x 12.5” £3,050

"The Enchantress with Baby Rapunzel"
1969 etching, aquatint
edition of 400, 10.5” x 9” £550

"The Glass Mountain Shattered"
1969 etching, aquatint, drypoint
edition of 400, 9” x 10.5” £395

"Inside the Castle"
1969 etching, aquatint, signed and numbered
edition of 100, 10” x 10” £1,950

"The Lathe and Fire"
1969 etching, aquatint, drypoint, signed and numbered
edition of 100, 6” x 6” £1,050

"The Princess after Many Years"
1969 etching, aquatint, signed and numbered
edition of 100, 17.5” x 12.5” £1,550

"Old Rinkrank threatens the Priness"
1969 etching, aquatint, signed and numbered
edition of 100, 9” x 10.5” £1,550

"The Pot Boiling"
1969 etching, aquatint
edition of 400, 7” x 8” £495

"Straw on the Left, Gold on the Right"
1969 etching, signed and numbered
edition of 100, 6” x 9.5” £1,550

"The Sexton Disguised as a Ghost Stood Still as a Stone"
1969 etching, aquatint, signed and numbered
edition of 100, 17.5” x 12.5” £1,650

"The Sexton Disguised as a Ghost"
1969 etching, aquatint, signed and numbered
edition of 100, 9” x 10.5” £1,950

"The Blue Guitar"
1976 etching, aquatint, signed and numbered
edition of 200, 16.5” x 13.5” £1,950

"In a Chiaroscuro"
1976 etching, aquatint, signed and numbered
edition of 200, 13.5” x 16.5” £1,950

"The Poet"
1976 etching, aquatint, signed and numbered
edition of 200, 13.5” x 16.5” £3,350

"I Say They Are"
1976 etching, aquatint, signed and numbered
edition of 200, 13.5” x 16.5” £3,050

"Etching is the Subject"
1976 etching, aquatint, signed and numbered
edition of 200, 13.5” x 16.5” £3,350

22nd September - 18th October 2007
at The Great Atlantic Falmouth Gallery
48 Arwenack Street, Falmouth TR11 3JH
Telephone: 01326 318452

20th October - 3rd November 2007
at The Great Atlantic Gallery, St Just
5 Bank Square, St Just TR19 7HH
Telephone: 01736 788911

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