DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)
Lot 28

DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)

Illustrations for Fourteen Poems by C. P. Cavafy (Edition A)

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DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)
Illustrations for Fourteen Poems by C. P. Cavafy (Edition A)
the complete set of thirteen etchings with aquatint, 1966-67, on Crisbrook handmade paper, with title, text, table of contents, and justification, signed in pencil on the justification, Edition A, copy number 173⁄500, including Portrait of Cavafy II (only issued with the first 250 sets, there were also fifty artist's proofs), signed and dated in pencil, inkstamped Edition A ea 431 verso, loose (as issued), the bound etchings inkstamped Edition A ea 362-373 (respectively) verso, published by Editions Alecto, London, 1967, the full sheets, bound (as issued), in very good condition, within the original lilac cloth-covered boards and black slipcase (portfolio)
485 x 340 x 30 mm. (overall)