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Lot #431
David Hockney

Original artwork inside Hockney Paints the Stage

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Original artwork inside Hockney Paints the Stage

Signed book: Hockney Paints the Stage. First edition. Minneapolis: Walker Arts Center. Hardcover with dust jacket, 10.5 x 10.5, 227 pages. Signed and inscribed on the two-page title page, “For Harriet and Ed, David Hockney,” adding a colorful original piece of artwork—an entire stage set spreading across the two-page title page—featuring a man doing a dance routine amongst an amazingly detailed background. Also signed and inscribed by the author Martin Friedman, Director Emeritus of the Walker Art Center, to Harriet and Ed Spencer, former leading members of the Walker's Board of Trustees. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: NF/VG+. Bright yellow cloth-covered boards; few tiny spots of soiling. Dust jacket in protective mylar sleeve; minimal creasing at corners; very slight discoloration along spine. A crisp, clean copy of this beautifully illustrated book, containing an extraordinary original work by the celebrated British artist.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts
  • Dates: #508 - Ended September 13, 2017





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