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Lot 269
  • 269

David Hockney

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • David Hockney
  • The Marriage (Scottish Arts Council 14)
  • etching
  • 302 by 397 mm 11 7/8 by 15 5/8 in
  • sheet 503 by 610 mm 19 3/4 by 24 in
Etching, 1962, signed in pencil, dated and numbered 47/75, on J Green mouldmade paper

Condition

The sheet is trimmed about a 1/2 inch on the vertical dimensions and 1 1/4 inches on the horiztonal. There are occasional tiny fox marks in the margins. The paper tone is darkened on the recto slightly by exposure to light and on there is discoloration on the verso comprising mat burn and a few fox marks. Remains of white paper tape are visible along the sheet edges on the reverse.
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Catalogue Note

Published by Petersburg Press, London.