Lot 220
  • 220

DAVID HOCKNEY, R.A. | Portrait of Cavafy II; and Untitled (see S. A. C., MCA Tokyo 47-59)

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • David Hockney
  • Portrait of Cavafy II; and Untitled (see S. A. C., MCA Tokyo 47-59)
  • each plate: approx. 34.8 by 22.5cm.; 13 3/4 by 8 7/8 in.
  • sheet: 57 by 79.7cm.; 22 1/2 by 31 3/8 in.
Two etchings, 1966, a rare proof impression of Portrait of Cavafy II printed with an unrecorded proof (probably created for Illustrations for Fourteen Poems from C. P. Cavafy but never included in the final publication), on one sheet of wove paper, signed in pencil, dated, inscribed P.P.

Condition

With full margins, in good condition, paper discoloration at extreme sheet edges, a few skinned spots at intervals along sheet edges verso associated with previous hinging, framed.
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