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David Hockney
Death in Harlem, from A rake's progress (S.A.C. 27)
etching and aquatint in red and black, 1961-63, on Barcham Green, dedicated 'for Cecil from David', a proof aside from the edition of 50, published by Editions Alecto, London, with margins, trimmed, a little pale staining in the lower right of the image, mount-staining, the sheet folded in the left margin, other minor blemishes, otherwise in good condition, framed
P. 300 x 400mm., S. 385 x 565mm.
Death in Harlem, from A rake's progress (S.A.C. 27)
etching and aquatint in red and black, 1961-63, on Barcham Green, dedicated 'for Cecil from David', a proof aside from the edition of 50, published by Editions Alecto, London, with margins, trimmed, a little pale staining in the lower right of the image, mount-staining, the sheet folded in the left margin, other minor blemishes, otherwise in good condition, framed
P. 300 x 400mm., S. 385 x 565mm.
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Further details
Hockney based this etching on a photograph by Cecil Beaton, featured in the 1930's classic 'New York'. A gift to Beaton from Hockney, this print was sold as lot 402 in the Cecil Beaton House Sale at Christie's on 10 June 1980.