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DAVID HOCKNEY
A Souvenir of a Triple Bill for Andrea Velis
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Etching and aquatint with hand-coloring
in watercolor on cream wove paper, 1982.
400x540 mm; 15
3
/
4
x21
1
/
4
inches, full margins.
Signed, numbered 58/300 and inscribed
“for Andrea Velis” in pencil, lower margin,
and “Andrea” in watercolor, lower image.
AndreaVelis, who died in 1994, was one of
the Metropolitan Opera’s best-loved perfor-
mers.Asa tenor he sang more than 60 roles
at the Met and, in a professional career that
spanned 40 years, he performed 1,867
times at the world famous venue.
[2,500/3,500]
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The Prisoner for Amnesty International
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Offset color lithograph, 1977. 735x600 mm;
29x23
5
/
8
inches, full margins. The deluxe,
pencil-signed edition of 100, aside from the
unsigned edition of 2000. Signed and
numbered 64/100 in pencil, lower margin.
One of a series of art posters created by 15
artists to focus on Amnesty International’s
Prisoners of Conscience Year 1977. The
posters were exhibited between February
and March of 1977 in theWashington Place
windows of New York University’s Grey
Art Gallery. Baggott 56.
[1,500/2,500]
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