Lot 1792
C.P. Cavafy,Fourteen Poem. M. OrRad. v. D. Hockney. London 1967.
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€ 10.000
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€ 7.500
Lot:
1792
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Illustrated Books, portfolios and art literature after 1945
DAVID HOCKNEY
C. P. CAVAFY: Fourteen poems. Chosen and illustrated with twelve etchings. Translated by Nikos Stangos and Stephen Spender. London: Editions Alecto Limited 1967. 46 x 32,8 cm. Includes 12 etchings by D. Hockney. 4 blank leaves, 4 leaves, 1 blank leaf, 16 leaves, 5 blank leaves. Soft orange calfskin in a cardboard slipcase by Mechthild Lobisch.
No. 394 of 250 copies (numbered 251–500) of Edition B (CE 500) comprising the 12 etchings, each stamped on the reverse ‘Edition B ea 362–373’, with the print mark signed and numbered by Hockney. Scottish Arts Council 47–58. - Cat. Whitechapel Art Gallery, p. 26. 1–12. - Stangos 158–169. - “I began the Cavafy prints at the beginning of 1966, but I’d been planning the Cavafy book for some time. I wanted to do it, perhaps, to counteract all that formalism in my recent paintings. I probably decided, ‘Now we’ll stop painting for a bit and do some prints.’ (Stangos: p. 102). – In a masterfully crafted binding by Mechtild Lobisch (1940–2025), one of the leading figures in modern bookbinding.
C. P. CAVAFY: Fourteen poems. Chosen and illustrated with twelve etchings. Translated by Nikos Stangos and Stephen Spender. London: Editions Alecto Limited 1967. 46 x 32,8 cm. Includes 12 etchings by D. Hockney. 4 blank leaves, 4 leaves, 1 blank leaf, 16 leaves, 5 blank leaves. Soft orange calfskin in a cardboard slipcase by Mechthild Lobisch.
No. 394 of 250 copies (numbered 251–500) of Edition B (CE 500) comprising the 12 etchings, each stamped on the reverse ‘Edition B ea 362–373’, with the print mark signed and numbered by Hockney. Scottish Arts Council 47–58. - Cat. Whitechapel Art Gallery, p. 26. 1–12. - Stangos 158–169. - “I began the Cavafy prints at the beginning of 1966, but I’d been planning the Cavafy book for some time. I wanted to do it, perhaps, to counteract all that formalism in my recent paintings. I probably decided, ‘Now we’ll stop painting for a bit and do some prints.’ (Stangos: p. 102). – In a masterfully crafted binding by Mechtild Lobisch (1940–2025), one of the leading figures in modern bookbinding.