The Diploma

Medium: Etching and aquatint printed in black and red on English handmade paper
Year: 1962
Plate: 16×11 inches (40.2 x 28 cm)
Sheet: 22 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches (56.7 x 40 cm)
Edition: 50 (approximately 40 were printed)
Printer: Ron Fuller and Peter Mathews at the Royal College of Art, London
Literature: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (12)

Signed, dated and numbered in pencil

“Who’s going to ask a painter to see a diploma?
They’d say, ‘Can I see your paintings?’, wouldn’t they?”

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Sotheby’s London: 15 November 2023
Estimated: GBP 15,000 – 20,000
GBP 12,065 / USD 15,073

DAVID HOCKNEY (b. 1937)
The Diploma (S.A.C., MCA Tokyo 12), 1962
Signed in pencil, dated, numbered 1/50
This impression is number 1 from the proposed edition of 50 (approximately 40 were printed)

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The Diploma

“Who’s going to ask a painter to see a diploma? They’d say, ‘Can I see your paintings?’, wouldn’t they?”

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“Who’s going to ask a painter to see a diploma?
They’d say, ‘Can I see your paintings?’, wouldn’t they?”