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HOCKNEY, David (b. 1937). -- CAVAFY, C.P. Fourteen poems. Transl. by N. Stangos & S. Spender. Lond., Editions Alecto Limited, (1966). W. 12 copperplate etchings by David Hockney. Fol. Or. plain purple cloth. In or. black cloth slipcase. (Small stain on front side & on spine, slipcase a bit faded).
Number 174 of 250 copies of edition A (of a total edition of 550 copies), signed and numbered in pencil by Hockney in the colophon, but without the loosely inserted signed etching "Portrait of Cavafy II". In our copy a poster of a Dutch exhibition is inserted: "David Hockney. Pulchri Studio. Foto's en Grafiek. 5 maart t/m 26 maart 1977." 59 x 30 cm. Hockney's largest painting of 1961 was inspired by the words of the Greek poet Cavafy. In 1966, as Parliament passed an act decriminalizing homosexuality, the artist decided to illustrate a book of Cavafy's poems about gay love. He went to Beirut, which he felt was the modern equivalent of the writer's Alexandria, but based the etchings on his friends in Notting Hill, rather than directly to places or incidents in the poems. The translators and the artist together decided which print was to accompany each poem.€ 2000
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