David Hockney – He Tore Himself To Pieces portfolio As part of the wider

As part of the wider Super Rich Interior Decoration cycle

Dimensions: 50 × 64

Medium: Portfolio of four silkscreens on mylar

This composition features Marino Saura Oton

David Hockney – He Tore Himself To Pieces portfolio As part of the widerHe 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