Lot Essay
Hockney's design for the 1975 Glyndebourne production of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress was televised on 2 August 1980.
The Rake's Progress
Details
David Hockney, R.A. (b.1937)
The Rake's Progress
signed with initials 'D.H.' (lower left), inscribed 'Southern Television/presents/The Glyndebourne Production of/Stravinsky's/The Rake's Progress/a fable/libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman conducted by Bernard Haitink/produced by John Cox designed by David Hockney/Television production by Dave Heather/I.T.V./9.45' (centre)
pen and black ink, unframed
11¾ x 7½ in. (29.8 x 19 cm.)
The Rake's Progress
signed with initials 'D.H.' (lower left), inscribed 'Southern Television/presents/The Glyndebourne Production of/Stravinsky's/The Rake's Progress/a fable/libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman conducted by Bernard Haitink/produced by John Cox designed by David Hockney/Television production by Dave Heather/I.T.V./9.45' (centre)
pen and black ink, unframed
11¾ x 7½ in. (29.8 x 19 cm.)
Provenance
Presented to the present owner's father by the then Chairman of Southern Television in June 1988.