Live Auction 7668The Collection of R.B. Kitaj
David Hockney (b. 1937)
Lot 316

David Hockney (b. 1937)

Three Kings and a Queen (Scottish Arts Council 7)

Closed7 February 2008

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GBP 8,125

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David Hockney (b. 1937)
Three Kings and a Queen (Scottish Arts Council 7)
etching and aquatint, 1961, on English handmade paper, signed and titled in pencil, from the edition of approximately fifty, published by the artist, with wide margins, some discolouration at the sheet edges, framed
Plate 230 x 645 mm., Sheet 565 x 775 mm.

Acquired directly from the artist.

Specialist note

The present work won Hockney a prize from gallery owner Robert Erskine. 'It was amazing!' he writes 'I just got the cheque through the post. I didn't even know the exhibition was on' (David Hockney, David Hockney, London 1976, p. 65). The money helped Hockney to finance his first trip to America in the summer of 1961.