Lot 244
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DAVID HOCKNEY | Graffiti Palace

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • David Hockney
  • Graffiti Palace
  • signed, titled, dated 1982 and numbered #9
  • color photograph collage on board, in artist's frame
  • 48 by 57 1/2 in. 121.9 by 146.1 cm.
  • Executed in 1982, this work is number 9 from a series of 15 unique works.

Provenance

Richard Gray Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1986

Exhibited

Chicago, Richard Gray Gallery, David Hockney: New Work with a Camera, October - November 1983 (another example exhibited)

Literature

Andrea Constantine Papadakis, Ed., David Hockney, London 1988, p. 96, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The collage elements appear stable and well intact. Only visible when unframed and under very close inspection, there are a few, pinpoint surface abrasions along the lower edge. There is evidence of a slightly lifted collage element at the lower center. Framed in artist's frame under Plexiglas.
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