RIDING AROUND ON A COOKING SPOON -Number 38 From ILLUSTRATIONS FOR SIX FAIRY TALES FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM

Hockney, David RIDING AROUND ON A COOKING SPOON - Number 38 From ILLUSTRATIONS FOR SIX FAIRY TALES FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM. Etching, 1969 SAC 107. Drypoint and aquatint on copper, printed on Hodgkinson Handmade Paper. From the Portfolio edition of 100 signed and numbered impressions. signed in pencil in the margin, lower right, and numbered 49/100 inpencil, lower left. There were also 15 Artist's Proofs, and a printing of 600 unsigned copies. 6 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches (plate), 11 1/4 x 15 3/4 inches (sheet). Faintly lightstruck, else in very good condition.The image is an illustration for "Rumplestilskin," and depicts him dancing around a cooking fire and singing his own name.