The Hypnotist

Medium: Etching and aquatint printed in red and black on English handmade paper
Year: 1963
Sheet: 30 3/4 x 22 1/2 inches (78.2 x 57.2 cm)
Plate: 19 5/8 x 19 5/8 inches (50×50 cm)
Edition: 50
Artist’s Proofs: Unknown
Publisher: The Artist, London
Printer: Peter Mathews at the Royal College of Art, London
Literature: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (32); Scottish Art Council (16)

Signed, dated and numbered in pencil

Auction Results

Property from the Petersburg Press Archives
Sotheby’s New-York: 23 October 2025
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 10,000
USD 31,750

DAVID HOCKNEY (b. 1937)
The Hypnotist, 1963
(Scottish Arts Council 16; Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo 32)
Etching and aquatint printed in red and black on English handmade paper
This impression is an archive proof aside from the numbered edition of approximately 50
Printed by Peter Mathews at the Royal College of Art

Sotheby’s London: 15 June 2023
Estimated: GBP 3,000 – 5,000
GBP 5,715 / USD 7,105

DAVID HOCKNEY (b. 1937)
The Hypnotist (S.A.C. 16; MCA Tokyo 32), 1963
Etching and aquatint printed in red and black on English handmade paper
Signed in pencil and dated
This impression is a proof aside from the numbered edition of 50

Bonhams London: 13 June 2019
Estimated: GBP 5,000 – 7,000
GBP 11,312 / USD 14,340