About the Artwork
The Start of the Spending Spree and the Door Opening for a Blonde
1961 - 1962
David Hockney (Artist) English, born 1937 C. H. Welch (Printer) English Editions Alecto (Publisher)
Etching and aquatint printed in color ink on wove paper
Plate: 11 7/8 × 15 7/8 inches (30.2 × 40.3 cm) Sheet: 19 5/8 × 24 3/4 inches (49.8 × 62.9 cm)
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Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Manoogian
68.279
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Markings
Signed, in pencil, lower right: David Hockney
Inscribed, in plate, lower left of image: A RAKE'S PROGRESS | LONDON / NEW YORK / 1961-62 | PLATE No. 3 THE START OF THE | SPENDING SPREE AND THE DOOR OPENING FOR A BLONDE Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: 31/50 Inscribed, verso: 6-214
Watermark: [heraldic device] (44 lb. Crisbrooke Royal Hotpress by Barcham Green) Publisher's drystamp, bottom right margin: ea Stamp in red, verso: DIA
Provenance
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. 110 e.
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David Hockney, The Start of the Spending Spree and the Door Opening for a Blonde, 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, 68.279.
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