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Portrait of Cavafy in Alexandria, from: Illustrations for Fourteen Poems from C.P. Cavafy (S.A.C. 47; Tokyo 47)
Details
David Hockney (b. 1937)
Portrait of Cavafy in Alexandria, from: Illustrations for Fourteen Poems from C.P. Cavafy (S.A.C. 47; Tokyo 47)
etching, aquatint and electric burin, 1966, on Crisbrook handmade paper, a cancellation proof, printed after the total edition of 120 published by Editions Alecto, London, 1967, with their blindstamp, the full sheet, in good condition
P. 360 x 235 mm., S. 602 x 382 mm.
Portrait of Cavafy in Alexandria, from: Illustrations for Fourteen Poems from C.P. Cavafy (S.A.C. 47; Tokyo 47)
etching, aquatint and electric burin, 1966, on Crisbrook handmade paper, a cancellation proof, printed after the total edition of 120 published by Editions Alecto, London, 1967, with their blindstamp, the full sheet, in good condition
P. 360 x 235 mm., S. 602 x 382 mm.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Further details
The Hockney Studio has kindly confirmed that the plates for the thirteen etchings in the Cavafy series were cancelled by the artist and presented to the Museum of Modern Art, New York, after a smaller number of cancellation proofs were pulled. To our knowledge these are the first examples to have appeared at auction.
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