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DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)
Lot 147

DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)

A Portrait of Rolf Nelson

Closed21 October 2020

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DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)
A Portrait of Rolf Nelson
lithograph in brown, blue and gold with hand-coloring in watercolor, on Rives BFK paper, 1965-68, signed and dated in pencil, numbered 6/12 (there were also three artist's proofs), published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, the full sheet, in good condition, framed
Sheet: 41 ¼ x 29 3/8 in. (1048 x 746 mm.)

Specialist note

Rolf Nelson (born 1935) was an American art dealer from New York. From 1963 he operated his own gallery on La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles, which had a significant influence on the southern Californian art scene of the 1960s, before moving back to New York in 1966.
In each impression of this print, produced in a very small edition, Hockney heightened the sitter's cheeks with pink watercolor.