Lot 112
  • 112

David Hockney, R.A.

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • David Hockney, R.A.
  • Kaisarion and All His Beauty (S. A. C., MCA Tokyo 8)
  • Etching and aquatint
  • plate: 49.5 by 27.2cm.; 19 1/2 by 10 7/8 in.; sheet: 58 by 39.5cm.; 22 7/8 by 15 1/2 in.
Etching and aquatint printed in black and red, 1961, signed in pencil, dated, from the edition of approximately 50 copies, on J. Whatman handmade paper, printed by Ron Fuller and Peter Mathews at The Royal College of Art, London, published by the artist

Condition

With full margins (a deckle edge above and at left), in good condition apart from paper discoloration at the extreme upper sheet edge, very pale discoloration in the margins and a small patch of discoloration at the extreme lower sheet edge (mainly visible verso), a very minor abrasion in the right margin, occasional soft handling creases, framed.
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