David Hockney, Exclusive limited edition shopping bag for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988

David Hockney

Exclusive limited edition shopping bag for the

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988

Mixed Media Silkscreen on paper bag with string handles

15 × 12 inches

This uncommon David Hockney shopping bag was created, with the artist's collaboration/approval, exclusively for a once-only VIP promotional event on the occasion of the David Hockney's epic retrospective exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1988. (The show opened at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (LACMA) on 4 Feb - 24 Apr 1988 and it traveled to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 11 Jun - 14 Aug 1988, and finally to the Tate Modern, London, UK. 26 Oct 1988 - 3 Jan 1989

The exact number of these bags that were created is unknown/undisclosed but they were done as a one-off, once-only promotion for VIP supporters at a gala event. The David Hockney Metropolitan Museum bag was not marketed to the general public.
The artwork depicted on the piece is "David Hockney, Mount Fuji and Flower, 1972."

Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Provenance: Metropolitan Museum of Art