Title: Félicité Sleeping with Parrot, from: Illustration for a Simple Heart of Gustave Flaubert, 1974/78
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Aquatint in Colours on Wove Paper
Paper size: 38 x 42.5 cm. / 15 x 16.7 in.
Image size: 21.9 x 9.3 cm. / 8.6 x 22.4 in.
Additional Information: This original etching and aquatint is hand signed in green pencil by the artist “Hockney” at the lower right margin.
It is also hand signed in pencil from the edition of 100, at the left corner. There were also 23 proofs aside from the standard edition.
This work was printed by Atelier Crommelynck, Paris and was published by Petersburg Press, London in 1978.
Provenance: Leslie and Johanna Garfield Collection.
Literature:
1.(1996). David Hockney: Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints 1954 – 1995. Tokyo: Museum of Contemporary Art. Reference: M.C.A.T. 150
2. David Hockney Prints 1954-77, Petersburg Press for the Midland Art Group and the Scottish Arts Council, 1979 Reference: Scottish Arts Council 163
Condition: Very good condition. Pale time-staining at the extreme sheet edges.
DAVID HOCKNEY b.1937
born in Bradford, United Kingdom 1937 (British)
Title: Geography Book (Félicité’s only view from abroad), from: Illustration for A Simple Heart of Gustave Flaubert, 1974/78
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Aquatint in Colours on Wove Paper
Paper size: 37.5 x 42 cm. / 14.7 x 16.5 in.
Image size: 22 x 23.5 cm. / 8.7 x 9.3 in.
Additional Information: This original etching and aquatint is hand signed in pencil by the artist “David Hockney” at the lower right margin.
It is dated in pencil “74” [1974] next to the signature.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 100, at the lower left margin.
There were also 23 artist’s proofs aside from the standard edition of 100.
This work was printed by Atelier Crommelynck, Paris in 1974 and was published by Petersburg Press, London and New York in 1978.
Note: Another impression of this subject is held in the collection of The National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Provenance:
Thordén Wetterling Galleries, Stockholm, Sweden
Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Literature:
1. (1996). David Hockney: Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints 1954 – 1995. Tokyo: Museum of Contemporary Art. Reference: M.C.A.T. 151
2. David Hockney Prints 1954-77, Petersburg Press for the Midland Art Group and the Scottish Arts Council, 1979 Reference: Scottish Arts Council 164
Condition: Very good condition. The upper sheet edge with a soft fold across the margin, far from the image. Very pale, unobtusive mount staining at the sheet edges.
DAVID HOCKNEY
b.1937 born in Bradford, United Kingdom 1937 (British)
Title: The Glass Mountain (Old Rinkrank), from: Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, 1969
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching with on J. Hodgkinson handmade Paper
Paper size: 62 x 45 cm. / 24.4 x 17.7 in.
Image size: 45 x 32.5 cm. / 17.7 x 12.8 in.
Additional Information: This original etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Hockney” in the lower right margin. It is hand signed in pencil from the edition of 100, at the lower left corner. There were also 15 artist’s proofs aside from the standard edition.
The suite was published in four sets (A, B, C & D) for a total edition of 100.
It was printed by Piet Clement at The Print Shop, in Amsterdam and published by Petersburg Press, in association with the Kasmin Gallery, London in 1970.
Literature: (1996). David Hockney: Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints 1954 – 1995. Tokyo: Museum of Contemporary Art. Reference: M.C.A.T. 95
Condition: Very good condition. The sheet slightly wavy.
DAVID HOCKNEY
b.1937 born in Bradford, United Kingdom 1937 (British)
Title: Tick It, Tock It, Turn It True, from: The Blue Guitar, 1976
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Aquatint in Colours on Inveresk Paper
Paper size: 52.8 x 46 cm. / 21x 18 in.
Image size: 42.5 34.5 cm. / 16.7 x 13.6 in.
Additional Information: This original etching and aquatint is hand signed in pencil by the artist “David Hockney” at the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 200, at the lower left margin. There were also 35 artist’s proofs hand signed and numbered with Roman numerals aside from the standard edition of 200.
This composition is the 15th from the series of 20 for “The Blue Guitar”.
This work was printed by Maurice Payne of the Petersburg Press, London and was published by Petersburg Press, London in 1977.
The title is stamped in ink at the centre of the lower margin, verso.
Other impressions of this subject are held in the collections of Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York and The National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Provenance: Albert White Gallery, Toronto
Literature:
1. (1996). David Hockney: Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints 1954 – 1995. Tokyo: Museum of Contemporary Art. Reference: M.C.A.T. 192
2. David Hockney Prints 1954-77, Petersburg Press for the Midland Art Group and the Scottish Arts Council, 1979 Reference: Scottish Arts Council 213
Condition: Excellent condition.
DAVID HOCKNEY
b.1937 born in Bradford, United Kingdom 1937 (British)
Title: The Student, Homage to Picasso, 1973
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Aquatint on Wove
Paper Paper size: 75.6 x 56.5 cm. / 30 x 22.2 in.
Image size: 57.7 x 44.4 cm. / 22.7 x 17.5 in.
Additional Information: This original etching and aquatint is hand signed in pencil by the artist “David Hockney” at the lower right margin. It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 90, at the lower left margin. This subject was printed in a total edition of 120 (90 Arabic numerals and 30 Roman numerals) along with 15 artist’s proofs. It was printed Atelier Crommelynck, Paris and co-published by Propyläen Verlag, Berlin and Pantheon Press, Rome as part of the multi-artist portfolio “Hommage à Picasso”
Provenance: Private German Collection, Hessen Literature: 1. (1996). David Hockney: Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints 1954 – 1995. Tokyo: Museum of Contemporary Art. Reference: M.C.A.T. 143 2. David Hockney Prints 1954-77, Petersburg Press for the Midland Art Group and the Scottish Arts Council, 1979 Reference: Scottish Arts Council 153
Condition: Excellent condition
DAVID HOCKNEY b.1937
born in Bradford, United Kingdom 1937 (British)
Title: Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy, from: Friends, 1976
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph on Barker Handmade Paper
Paper size: 72.5 x 94.5 cm. / 28.5 x 37.2 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Hockney” in the lower right image.
It is also dated ‘76’ [1976] next to the signature.
It is hand numbered in pencil, from the edition of 96 in the lower left image.
This work was printed by Mark Stock and it was published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles in a limited edition of 96 signed and numbered impressions in 1976. There were a further 20 artist’s proofs and five trial proofs.
It is stamped with the Gemini G.E.L. blindstamps.
Provenance: Leslie and Johanna Garfield Collection
Literature: (1996). 1. David Hockney: Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints 1954 – 1995. Tokyo: Museum of Contemporary Art.
Reference: M.C.A.T. 174
2. David Hockney Prints 1954-77, Petersburg Press for the Midland Art Group and the Scottish Arts Council, 1979
Reference: Scottish Arts Council 186 3. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonne. National Gallery of Art
Reference: Hockney 23.34
Condition: Very good condition. The sheet slightly wavy. Very pale, unobtrusive toning at the extreme sheet edges.
LOUIS ICART 1888-1950
Toulouse 1888-1950 Paris (French)
Title: Under the Canopy from “La Nuit et le Moment”, 1946
Technique: Original Hand Signed Etching in colours on vellum paper
Paper size: 28 x 22 cm / 11 x 8.6 in
Image Size: 19 x 14 cm / 7.5 x 5.5 in
Additional Information: This original etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Louis Icart” in the lower right margin.
The work was made as part of the series ‘La Nuit et le Moment’ which consisted of 25 different etchings in colours.
It was produced for the book of the same name, with an edition size of 525 plus artist’s proofs.
Our impression is probably one of the artist proofs that were hand signed by the artist while the regular edition was not signed.
It was published by Claude Prosper de Crebillon.
Condition: Good Condition. Unexamined out of the frame.
Note: This work will be shipped unframed.
INVADER (born 1969)
1969 (French)
Title: Binary Code (Red), 2008
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Screenprint in Colour on Wove Paper
Paper size: 50 x 70 cm. / 19.7 x 27.6 in.
Image size: 34.5 x 50 cm. / 13.6 x 19.7 in.
Additional Information: This original Screenprint in red is hand signed in pencil “Invader” at the lower right margin.
It is also dated ‘2008’ next to the signature.
It is hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 50, in the lower left corner.
Provenance:
Outré Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
Condition: Very good condition. Very minor foxing across the sheet.
MARCEL JANCO 1895-1984 Bucarest 1895-1984 Ein Hod (Rumanian/Israeli)
Title: Composition, 1961 Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching on vellum paper Paper Size: 23.5 x 18 cm / 9.2 x 7 in Plate size: 14.3 x 10.8 cm / 5.8 x 4.3 in Additional Information: This work is hand signed in pencil by the artist “M Janco” at the lower left margin. It is hand numbered in pencil at the lower left margin “45/100”. The work is also signed in the plate “Janco 61” (Janco 1961) at the lower left corner of the image. This work was realised as part of the portfolio: “Anthology of Contemporary Engraving / Antologia internazionale dell’incisione contemporanea” The work was published by Galleria Arturo Schwarz, Milano in 1963 in a limited edition of only 100 hand signed and numbered impressions. There is a label from the Arturo Schwarz Gallery at the back of the frame. Provenance: Arturo Schwarz Gallery, Milan, Italy. Private Italian collection (acquired directly from Arturo Schwarz) Note: Arturo Umberto Samuele Schwarz (b. 1924, Alexandria, Egypt) son of a German father and an Italian mother, is an Italian scholar, art historian, poet, writer, lecturer, art consultant and curator of international art exhibitions. He lives in Milan, where he has amassed a large collection of Dada and Surrealist art, including many works by personal friends such as Marcel Duchamp, André Breton, Man Ray, and Jean Arp. Condition: Very good condition. Not examined outside the frame.
