Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy, from: Friends, 1976
Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph on Barker Handmade Paper
72.5 x 94.5 cm. / 28.5 x 37.2 in.
This original lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Hockney" in the lower right image.
It is also dated ‘76’ [1976] next to the signature.
It is hand numbered in pencil, from the edition of 96 in the lower left image.
This work was printed by Mark Stock and it was published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles in a limited edition of 96 signed and numbered impressions in 1976. There were a further 20 artist's proofs and five trial proofs.
It is stamped with the Gemini G.E.L. blindstamps.
Provenance: Leslie and Johanna Garfield Collection
Literature: (1996). 1. David Hockney: Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints 1954 - 1995. Tokyo: Museum of Contemporary Art.
Reference: M.C.A.T. 174
2. David Hockney Prints 1954-77, Petersburg Press for the Midland Art Group and the Scottish Arts Council, 1979
Reference: Scottish Arts Council 186
3. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonne. National Gallery of Art
Reference: Hockney 23.34
Condition: Very good condition. The sheet slightly wavy. Very pale, unobtrusive toning at the extreme sheet edges.