Stephen Spender and David Hockney, China Diary, containing The Red Square and the Forbidden City, Thames and Hudson, London, 1982
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Stephen Spender and David Hockney, China Diary, containing The Red Square and the Forbidden City, Thames and Hudson, London, 1982
lithograph printed in colours, 1982, on wove paper, title, text with reproductive plates, justification and one print, the book signed in black and blue fibre-tip pen by artist and author on the frontispiece, the print signed and dated in pencil, numbered 258/1000 (there were also 104 proofs), the full sheet with one horizontal and two vertical folds as published, in good condition, loose in red card justification sleeve, with copy number 258 on front, the book bound in red cloth boards with gilt title on spine, the whole contained in card box of issue with title label on front, one adhesive label, surface skinning in places at the reverse sheet edges due to the removal of old tape, otherwise generally in good condition(book)
overall S. 250 x 190mm.
Stephen Spender and David Hockney, China Diary, containing The Red Square and the Forbidden City, Thames and Hudson, London, 1982
lithograph printed in colours, 1982, on wove paper, title, text with reproductive plates, justification and one print, the book signed in black and blue fibre-tip pen by artist and author on the frontispiece, the print signed and dated in pencil, numbered 258/1000 (there were also 104 proofs), the full sheet with one horizontal and two vertical folds as published, in good condition, loose in red card justification sleeve, with copy number 258 on front, the book bound in red cloth boards with gilt title on spine, the whole contained in card box of issue with title label on front, one adhesive label, surface skinning in places at the reverse sheet edges due to the removal of old tape, otherwise generally in good condition(book)
overall S. 250 x 190mm.