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The Glass Mountain Shattered
Signed Print

David Hockney

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Medium: Etching

Edition size: 100

Year: 1969

Size: H 23cm x W 26cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of David Hockney’s The Glass Mountain Shattered (signed) is estimated to be worth between £3,100 and £4,650. This etching print, created in 1969, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 4%. This work has an auction history of nine total sales since its entry to the market in March 2004. In the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £2,800 in September 2021 to £3,800 in March 2020. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 100.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
September 2021Christie's London United Kingdom
September 2020Sotheby's Online United Kingdom
March 2020Sotheby's Online United Kingdom
March 2020Sotheby's Online United Kingdom
April 2011Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom
September 2010Bonhams Knightsbridge United Kingdom
February 2008Christie's London United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Taken from the fairy tale of ‘Old Rinkrank’, this scene depicts a mountain made of glass, rising up in the landscape and refracting the image of the tree behind it. The rest of the scene is bare, enhancing the artificiality of the mountain which is covered in light lines to denote its transparency, recalling cartoon depictions of glass. The mountain has been shattered on one side and fragments of glass appear like chunks of ice on the ground around it.

A strange scene, this mountain belongs in the story of Old Rinkrank, a fairytale in which a princess becomes imprisoned in a glass mountain built by her father the king. Captured by Old Rinkrank she is forced to become his servant until one day she cleverly traps him and manages to escape, shattering the mountain in the process.

The story is one of six from the celebrated Brothers Grimm collection which David Hockney illustrated for his 1969 portfolio. Speaking of his interest in these fairy tales, Hockney said, “They're fascinating, the little stories, told in a very very simple, direct, straightforward language and style, it was this simplicity that attracted me. They cover quite a strange range of experience, from the magical to the moral.” Here the simplicity is laid bare in spare and beautiful composition, as he captures the improbability of a glass mountain beautifully through just a handful of lines.

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