David Hockney (b. 1937), California Bank

David Hockney (b. 1937)
California Bank
acrylic on canvas
30 x 25in. (76.2 x 63.5cm.)
Painted in 1964

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Provenance
Kasmin Limited, London.
Achim Moeller Ltd., London.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 14 November 2000, lot 57.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Pre-Lot Text
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Literature
David Hockney: Paintings, Prints and Drawings 1960-1970, exh. cat., London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1970, cat. no. 64.8 (illustrated in colour, p. 65).
N. Stangos, David Hockney, London 1976, p. 299, no. 102 (illustrated, p. 106).
P. Webb, Portrait of David Hockney, London 1988, p. 69.
P. Melia and U. Luckhardt, David Hockney, Munich and New York 1994, p. 80.
J. Tobler (ed.), The American Art Book, London 1999 (illustrated in colour, p. 207).

Exhibited
New York, Alan Gallery, David Hockney, 1964.