Riding Around on a Cooking Spoon, illustration for "Rumpelstitlzchen," from the series "Illustrations for six fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm"

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Riding Around on a Cooking Spoon, illustration for "Rumpelstitlzchen," from the series "Illustrations for six fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm"
Riding Around on a Cooking Spoon, illustration for "Rumpelstitlzchen," from the series "Illustrations for six fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm"
Artist/Maker (British, born 1937)
Date1970
MediumEtching, aquatint, and drypoint
DimensionsComposition: 6 1/2 in. × 10 in. (16.5 × 25.4 cm) Plate: 6 1/2 in. × 10 in. (16.5 × 25.4 cm) Sheet: 17 1/2 in. × 16 in. (44.5 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Philip W. Abell, Class of 1957, and Paul L. Abell, Class of 1957, in memory of their parents
Object number1988.20
Not on view
DescriptionIllustration for "Rumpelstitlzchen" from "Illustrations for six fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm"
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Provenance 1988: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Philip W. and Paul L. Abell
Markings Watermark at center left [sideways]: PP
Published References A DISCERNING EYE: PHILIP W. ABELL (1935-1993) A MEMORIAL EXHIBITION (brochure, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, September 23- November 6, 1994).

FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER (Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, vol. 1, no. 2, February 1989, "Acquisitions").
Signature Signed in pencil at lower right: David Hockney
Inscribed Inscribed in brown ink on verso at lower left: G.P.; editioned in pencil at lower left: 87/100
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