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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.
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In addition to the catalogue description: - the full sheet. - some workshop traces, occasional handling marks and minor surface dirt in the margins and at the sheet edges. - an unobtrusive 70 mm. printer's crease in the upper right margin, extending slightly into the image; with a tiny associated tear at the right sheet edge. - diagonal creases at the upper sheet corners, mainly visible in raking light. - the sheet cockled in places in the margins. - dark time-staining at the extreme sheet edges. - with Japan paper hinges verso. Otherwise in good, original condition. Framed.
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Lot 12Sale 21036
Three Kings and a QueenDAVID HOCKNEY (b. 1937)Estimate: GBP 10,000 - 15,000
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