DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)

Sun State I

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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.)

Literature

see Scottish Arts Council 130; not in Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo; Gemini 439

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Lot Essay

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.

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