The Student
from Homage to Picasso

Medium: Etching and aquatint on German mould-made Museum Board
Year: 1973
Image: 22 5/8 x 17 3/8 inches (57.5 x 44 cm)
Sheet: 29 3/4 x 22 1/2 inches (74.4 x 57 cm)
Edition: 90
Other: 30 (numbered in Roman numeral)
Artist’s Proofs: 60, issued in 4 groups of 15
Publishers: Propyläen Verlag, Berlin and Panthéon Press, Rome
Literature: Scottish Arts Council (153), Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (143)

Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil with the artist’s copyright blindstamp

This print was part of the portfolio »Hommage à Picasso« (Vol. 2) from 1973, for which more than 50 international artists created a graphic contribution.

Auction Results

Christie’s New-York: 26 February 2025
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 18,900

DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)
The Student, from Homage to Picasso (MCAT 143), 1973
Etching and aquatint on Arches paper
Signed and dated in pencil, numbered ‘H.C. 11/15’
An hors-commerce impression
The edition was 90 in Arabic numerals and 30 in Roman numerals plus 60 artist’s proofs

Sotheby’s London: 15 November 2023
Estimated: GBP 12,000 – 18,000
GBP 20,320 / USD 25,390

DAVID HOCKNEY (b. 1937)
The Student (from Homage to Picasso) (S.A.C. 153; MCA Tokyo 143), 1973
Etching and aquatint on Arches mould-made paper
Signed in pencil, dated, inscribed and numbered E.A. 13/15
One of 60 artist’s proofs (issued in four groups of 15) aside from the numbered edition of 90

Christie’s New-York: 10 November 2023
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 40,320

DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937)
The Student: Homage to Picasso, 1973
Etching and aquatint on Arches paper
Numbered ‘EA 2⁄15’ (lower left)
Signed and dated ‘David Hockney 73’ (lower right)

Christie’s London: 28 September 2022
Estimated: GBP 12,000 – 18,000
GBP 16,380 / USD 17,570

DAVID HOCKNEY (b. 1937)
The Student, from: Homage to Picasso, 1973
Etching and aquatint
Signed and dated in pencil
Presumably from the numbered edition of ninety

Van Ham Cologne: 1 June 2022
Estimated: EUR 8,000 – 12,000
EUR 26,400 / USD 28,440

DAVID HOCKNEY (1937 Bradford)
The Student, From: Hommage à Picasso, 1972
Aquatint on wove paper
Signed, dated and numbered 29/90

Phillips London: 14 June 2021
Estimated: GBP 6,000 – 8,000
GBP 20,160 / USD 28,425