Lot #836: DAVID HOCKNEY - The Set for Parade - Color offset lithograph

       

Artist: David Hockney (British, b.1937).
Title: "The Set for Parade".
Medium: Color offset lithograph.
Date: Composed 1981.
Dimensions: Overall size: 39 x 27 in. (991 x 686 mm). Image size: 27 x 27 in. (686 x 686 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed with the initials in crayon, lower right. Edition unknown, presumed small. White coated lightweight paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Good condition; folds (as mailed). Literature/catalogue raisonne: Baggot/Hockney Posters 91 (1987); Baggot/Hockney Posters 101 (1994). Provenance: Ex-collection Avishai Halevy, Phoenix, Arizona. Comment(s): Scarce/rare with the signature. This poster was intended as a mailing piece/invitation to the exhibition. The printed invitation is on the verso, upper right. Hockney's name is printed on the verso, lower right. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Andre Emmerich Gallery from March 26 to April 8, 1981 titled "Paintings and Drawings for the Metropolitan Opera's 'Parade' - A French Triple Bill." Image copyright © David Hockney. [25325-6-800]