The Marriage. 1962.
Etching and aquatint.
Signed, dated and numbered. From an edition of 754 copies. On wove paper. 30 x 40 cm (11.8 x 15.7 in). Sheet: 50,7 x 43,4 cm (19,9 x 17,1 in).
Printed by Birgit Skiold, London. Published by Petersburg Press, London 1968. [KT].

• Graphic version of the painting "The first marriage (a marriage of styles)" from 1962, today in the collection of the Tate Gallery, London.
• Motif based on a visit to the Egyptian Museum, Berlin - his travel companion stood next to the sculpture of a seated woman.
• In addition to painting, Hockney a most versatile and experimental graphic artist.

PROVENANCE:
Private collection Baden-Württemberg.

LITERATURE:
Scottish Arts Council (ed.), David Hockney. Prints 1954-1977, Edinburgh 1979, no. 14.

In good condition. Sheet edges slightly browned. Isolated tiny brown spots.