DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)
Lot 146

DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)

Sun State I

Closed4 March 2020

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USD 68,750

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DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)
Sun State I
lithograph and screenprint in colors, on Arjomari paper, 1973, signed and dated in red crayon, annotated 'colour trial proof II / before 3rd printing stone addition - 4th printing is from the 2nd trial stone before edition stone' (one of three proofs before the edition of eight), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, with their blindstamps and ink stamp on the reverse, the full sheet, in good condition, framed
Sheet: 37 ¼ x 30 ½ in. (946 x 775 mm.)

Specialist note

Only eleven impressions of Sun State I were pulled before the second printing element--a stone, used for the light blue in the sun rays--cracked and was destroyed. The present impression is a color trial proof of this image printed without the dark blue ink.