David Hockney OM CH RA English, b. 1937
Fires of Furious Desire, 1961
Etching and aquatint on handmade Crisbrook laid paper.
Signed 'David Hockney' in pencil lower right, dated '61', and numbered from the edition of 75, lower left.
Plate: 14.4 x 27.4 cm (5 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 29 x 39.5 cm (11 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.)
Frame: 37.4 x 48.2 cm (14 3/4 x 19 in.)
Sheet: 29 x 39.5 cm (11 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.)
Frame: 37.4 x 48.2 cm (14 3/4 x 19 in.)
Number 71 from the edition of 75 aside from 16 Artist's Proofs
DH/22/01
Copyright The Artist
Extremely rare, and particularly beautiful and intimate early David Hockney print.
Inspired by the poem 'O Flames of Furious Desire' by William Blake, and in Hockney's words 'a little self-portrait'.
Extremely rare, and particularly beautiful and intimate early David Hockney print.
Inspired by the poem 'O Flames of Furious Desire' by William Blake, and in Hockney's words 'a little self-portrait'.
Inspired by the poem 'O Flames of Furious Desire' by William Blake, and in Hockney's words 'a little self-portrait'.
Provenance
Private Collection, UK.With Porthminster Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall, UK.
Literature
David Hockney, David Hockney Prints 1954-1995, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo and Tankosha Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, 1996, no. 5.1
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