Sun [color trial proof]
1973
Artist, British, born 1937
Printer, American, active late 20th century
Printer, American, active late 20th century
Printer, American, active late 20th century
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
color lithograph on Arjomari wove paper [color trial proof]
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 76.84 × 64.14 cm (30 1/4 × 25 1/4 in.)
sheet: 94.7 × 77.7 cm (37 5/16 × 30 9/16 in.) -
Accession
2015.23.184
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Catalogue Raisonné
Tankosha 1996, no. 127 [color trial proof]
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Bibliography
1966
Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 438.
1996
Tōkyō-to Gendai Bijutsukan. David Hockney: Prints 1954-1995. Tokyo, Japan: Museum of Contemporary Art and Tankosha Publishing Co., 1996, no. 127.
2011
Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 23.6. http://www.nga.gov/gemini
Inscriptions
upper center in green pencil: Sun; lower center in red pencil: Colour trial proof III (before 3rd printing stone addition - 4th printing is from the 2nd trial stone before edition stone. / The 5th + 6th printings are from the first trial plates before edition plates.; lower right in red pencil: David Hockney 73; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: DH73-501
Markings
embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: Gemini G.E.L. / Los Angeles, Calif.
Wikidata ID
Q75122690