Marries an Old Maid

David Hockney, Artist C. H. Welch, Printer Editions Alecto, Publisher
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Marries an Old Maid

1961 - 1962

David Hockney (Artist) English, born 1937 C. H. Welch (Printer) English (Publisher) Editions Alecto

Etching and aquatint printed in color ink on wove paper

Plate: 12 × 15 7/8 inches (30.5 × 40.3 cm) Sheet: 19 5/8 × 24 3/8 inches (49.8 × 61.9 cm)

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Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Manoogian

68.282

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Signed, in pencil, lower right: David Hockney

Inscribed, in plate, lower right of image: A RAKE'S PROGRESS | LONDON / NEW YORK / 1961-62 | PLATE No. 4A MARRIES AN OLD MAID Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: 31/50 Inscribed, verso: 6-220

Watermark: [heraldic device] (44 lb. Crisbrooke Royal Hotpress by Barcham Green) Publisher's drystamp, bottom right margin: ea Stamp in red, verso: DIA

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1968-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Tuchman, M. and Barron, S. David Hockney: A Retrospective. Los Angeles, 1988, p. 111 h.

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David Hockney, Marries an Old Maid, 1961 - 1962, etching and aquatint printed in color ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Manoogian, 68.282.

Marries an Old Maid
Marries an Old Maid