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David Hockney

Study for Rumplestiltskin

Estimate
£1,000 - 1,500
£1,375
Lot Details
Four etchings, printed on one sheet of handmade Crisbrook paper, with full margins.
1961
all plates, overall I. 11.5 x 35.4 cm (4 1/2 x 13 7/8 in.)
S. 24.4 x 57 cm (9 5/8 x 22 1/2 in.)
A rare unsigned and unnumbered trial proof before the aquatint (the edition was 15 and 6 artist's proofs), published by Petersburg Press, London in 1972, unframed.

David Hockney

British
David Hockney (b. 1937) is one of the most well-known and celebrated artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. He works across many mediums, including painting, collage, and more recently digitally, by creating print series on iPads. His works show semi-abstract representations of domestic life, human relationships, floral, fauna, and thechanging of seasons.

Hockney has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Royal Academy of Arts in London, and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, among many other institutions. On the secondary market, his work has sold for more than $90 million.
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