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 in pencil and numbered 5/1000 (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 5 on the front, the book bound in red cloth boards with gilt title on spine, in good condition, the whole contained in card box of issue with title label on front, one or two scuffs, surface dirt, other minor defects, overall S. 270 x 212mm.; and Red Piano, from The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Jim Dine (Mikro cat. 47f), lithograph printed in red, 1968, signed in pencil, numbered 35/200 on the reverse, generally in very good condition (book and one print)
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 in pencil and numbered 5/1000 (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 5 on the front, the book bound in red cloth boards with gilt title on spine, in good condition, the whole contained in card box of issue with title label on front, one or two scuffs, surface dirt, other minor defects, overall S. 270 x 212mm.; and Red Piano, from The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Jim Dine (Mikro cat. 47f), lithograph printed in red, 1968, signed in pencil, numbered 35/200 on the reverse, generally in very good condition (book and one print)