DAVID HOCKNEY b.1937

born in Bradford, United Kingdom 1937 (British)

Title: Celia, 8365 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, 1973

Technique: Original Hand Signed, Dated, Titled and Numbered Lithograph on Arches Wove Paper

Paper size: 120.7 x 80 cm. / 47.5 x 31.5 in.

Additional Information: This original lithograph is hand signed in red pencil by the artist “David Hockney” at the lower right sheet edge.

It is dated “73 [1973] next to the signature. Hockney has also inscribed the title of the work, “Celia, 8365 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood” in the same red pencil in the centre of the lower sheet edge.

It is hand numbered in red pencil from the edition of 46, at the lower left sheet edge. There were also 11 artist’s proofs hand signed and numbered with Roman numerals aside from the standard edition of 46.

This work was printed by Kenneth Tyler, Los Angeles and published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles in 1973.

Note: Other impressions of this subject are held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and The National Gallery of Art, Washington, The National Gallery of Art, Australia, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York.

Literature:

1. (1996). David Hockney: Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints 1954 – 1995. Tokyo: Museum of Contemporary Art.

Reference: M.C.A.T. 138

2. David Hockney Prints 1954-77, Petersburg Press for the Midland Art Group and the Scottish Arts Council, 1979

Reference: Scottish Arts Council 147

Condition: Good condition. Pale, even toning across the sheet. Minor discolouration from previous hinging, verso, along the lower sheet edge.