Name: DAVID HOCKNEY (b. 1937)
Brand: Three Kings and a Queen
Price: 10000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

DAVID HOCKNEY (b. 1937)
Three Kings and a Queen
etching and aquatint, 1961, on handmade paper, a fine, tonal impression, signed and titled in pencil, from the edition of approximately fifty published by the artist, London
Plate 230 x 645 mm.
‌Sheet 570 x 777 mm.

R. B. Kitaj (1932-2007), London & Los Angeles, acquired directly from the artist; his sale, Christie's London, 7 February 2008, lot 316.
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale.

Scottish Arts Council 7; Tokyo 7

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Lot Essay

Inspired by illustrations from a book on the history of card games, Three Kings and a Queen belongs to a series of works begun in the autumn of 1960. In each of these images the letter K indicates that the figure is a king. Here, it's omission on one of the figures designates this king as a 'queen'. Hockney won a prize of £100 for Three Kings and a Queen from the Robert Eskine Gallery which funded his first trip to New York in the summer of 1961.