Sale 9815
London, South Kensington
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1 April 2004
Price realised
GBP 7,170
Estimate
David Hockney (b. 1937) Gregory and Shinro on the Train to Nara, Feb. 1983 signed, titled, numbered, inscribed and dated 'Gregory + Shinro on the train Japan Feb 1983 #8 David Hockney' (lower centre) photo-montage mounted on board 37½ x 41½in. (95.5 x 105.5cm.) Executed in February 1983, this work is number eight
Provenance
Jerry Solomon Enterprises Inc., Los Angeles.
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Literature
David Hockney: New Work with a Camera, Nishimura Gallery, Japan, 1983, no. 16 (another version illustrated, unpaged). L. Weschler, David Hockney Cameraworks, London 1984, fig. 47 (detail of another example illustrated in colour, p. 33).
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