David Hockney – He Tore Himself To Pieces portfolio punishment

punishment

cardboard fragments

As part of the wider Super Rich Interior Decoration cycle

This composition features Marino Saura Oton

Dimensions: 57 x 45

David Hockney – He Tore Himself To Pieces portfolio punishmentHe Tore Himself To Pieces (1969) is a finely detailed etching and aquatint by David Hockney from his celebrated Rumpelstilzchen portfolio, Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm. Printed on handmade paper, the fine art print unfolds across four sequential panels, narrating the climactic moment in which the enraged dwarf literally tears himself apart after the queen reveals his name. Hockney stages the scene almost like a storyboard: the first panels