Celia Observing

Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors on Rives BFK paper
Year: 1976
Image: 27 x 21 1/2 inches (68.6 x 54.6 cm)
Sheet: 35 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches (90.2 x 74.9 cm)
Edition: 60
Artist’s Proofs: 14 AP
Publisher: Petersburg Press, New-York and London
Literature: Not in MCAT

Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil

 

 

Celia Observing (black state)

Medium: Etching and aquatint on Rives BFK paper
Year: 1976
Image: 27 x 21 1/2 inches (68.6 x 54.6 cm)
Sheet: 35 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches (90.2 x 74.9 cm)
Edition: 20
Artist’s Proofs: 4 AP
Publisher: Petersburg Press, New-York
Printer: Maurice Payne
Literature: Not in MCAT

Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil

 

 

 

 

 

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Auction Results

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Sotheby’s London: 15 November 2023
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 10,000
GBP 10,160 / USD 12,693

DAVID HOCKNEY (b. 1937)
Celia Observing, 1976
Etching and aquatint printed in colors on BFK Rives wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 39/60

Sotheby’s London: 15 November 2023
Estimated: GBP 4,000 – 6,000
GBP 4,826 

DAVID HOCKNEY (b. 1937)
Celia Observing (black state)
Etching and aquatint on BFK Rives wove paper
Signed in pencil, dated and numbered 12/20

Sotheby’s London: 18 August 2022
Estimated: GBP 6,000 – 8,000
GBP 18,900 / USD 22,766

DAVID HOCKNEY (b. 1937)
Celia Observing, 1976
Etching and aquatint
Signed, dated 76 and numbered 60/60

Christie’s London: 18 March 2020
Estimated: GBP 5,000 – 7,000
GBP 8,750 / USD 10,156

DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)
Celia Observing, 1976
Etching and aquatint in colors on Rives BFK wove paper
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered 47/60