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    Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo 68 and 71
    Scottish Arts Council 71 and 74

105

The Princess in Her Tower; and The Princess Searching, plates 2 and 5 from Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm

1969
Two etching and aquatints, on Hodgkinson hand-made wove paper watermarked 'DH / PP', with full margins.
one I. 44.5 x 32 cm (17 1/2 x 12 5/8 in.); S. 61.4 x 45 cm (24 1/8 x 17 3/4 in.)
one I. 26.5 x 17 cm (10 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.); S. 44.2 x 40 cm (17 3/8 x 15 3/4 in.)

Both signed and numbered 26/100 in pencil on the front and inscribed 'Grimm Portfolio' in sepia ink on the reverse (there were also 15 artist's proofs and a total book edition of 460 copies), both unframed.

Estimate
£1,500 - 2,000 

Sold for £2,250

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Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 7 June 2017