Myself and my Heroes (S.A.C. 4; Tokyo 4)

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David Hockney (b. 1937)
Myself and my Heroes (S.A.C. 4; Tokyo 4)
etching and aquatint, 1961, on Crisbrook handmade paper, signed and dated in pencil, from the edition of approximately fifty impressions, with very wide margins (S.A.C. record a sheet size of 450 x 675 mm.), in very good condition
P. 260 x 500 mm., S. 547 x 774 mm.

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Lot Essay

'I started doing graphic work in 1961 because I'd run out of money and I couldn't buy any paint, and in the graphic department they gave you the materials for free. So I started etching, and the first I did was Myself and My Heroes. My 'heroes' were Walt Whitman and Gandhi. There was a little quote from each of them, but for myself I couldn't find anything - I hadn't made any quotes - so it just said, "I am twenty-three years old and I wear glasses", the only interesting thing I could think to say about myself.' (David Hockney by David Hockney, Thames & Hudson, London, 1976, p. 64)

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