Code: 11729
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After David Hockney (British 1937-2026)
Original Exhibition Poster for “David Hockney at André Emmerich, April 26 - May 15 1969"
Colour offset lithographic poster
Designed by David Hockney
Published by Andre Emmerich
New York, 1969
Provenance:-
The Estate of Vincent Price (1911-1993)
Verso with corresponding address, 12 cents stamp and U.S.P.S. postmark from Grand Central Station, New York from three days before the exhibition’s opening.
Catalogue RaisonneĢ:-
Brian Baggot, "Off the Wall: Hockney Posters", No 22
An original exhibition poster for David Hockney's first U.S. solo exhibition at the André Emmerich Gallery, 41 East 57th Street, New York. The poster features an enlargement of a coloured pencil drawing by Hockney entitled "Corbusier Chair and Rug", which includes a modernist 'LC2' steel and leather armchair standing on a Native-American South-Western Navajo Style Rug which a flying eagle motif.
As with so many of Hockney's posters, the composition is an interesting choice: the original drawing, rendered in the interesting medium of coloured pencils, encapsulates stylish American West-Coast modernity and comfort whilst acting, effectively, a self-portrait of the artist - without him actually appearing in the image. Hockney's U.S. debut solo show featured the much vaunted masterpiece "Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)" [1969]. He famously completed this painting only the night before it was due to be shipped by plane to New York.
What sets this particular copy of the poster apart from others is that it is a rare survival of the original edition. Not only that but this particular poster was mailed out from New York's Grand Central Station on 23 April 1969 (three days before the exhibition opened) to the home of the iconic horror actor and art historian Vincent Price at 580 North Beverly Glen, Los Angeles, 90024.
Vincent Price was a passionate and knowledgeable connoisseur who had received a B.A. in Art History & English from Yale University in 1933 and had further studied at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London from 1934-35. Price and his wife Mary were part of Hockney's inner circle of friends during this early days in Los Angeles and maintained their friendship over the following decades.
Historic folds associated with the poster having been mailed.
