Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall Artist: David Hockney (British, born 1937)

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1961

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Etching in two colors, black and red, on a zinc plate worked in hardground and aquatint

Dimensions

platemark: 15 11/16 × 19 9/16 in. (39.9 × 49.7 cm)
sight in frame: 16 9/16 × 20 3/8 in. (42 × 51.7 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss, B.S. 1940S

Accession Number

1991.58.9

Geography

Made in United Kingdom

Culture

British

Period

20th century

Classification

Prints

Disclaimer

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Object copyright
Copyright David Hockney/Pace Gallery
In Copyright
Additional information

Marks

no watermark

Inscriptions

Inscribed below plate, in graphite, LC: A.P.; LR: David Hockney 61. Inscribed in plate: M / Mirror, Mirror on the Wall / who is the fairest of us all / Peter / proud to have recieved [sic] upon itself / that entire beauty for a few minutes.

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