David Hockney, The Prisoner, for Amnesty International, 1977

David Hockney

The Prisoner, for Amnesty International, 1977

Color Offset Lithograph

Hand signed, numbered 17/100 and inscribed by the artist on the lower right front

This color offset vintage lithograph by David Hockney is from the Deluxe hand signed and numbered edition of only 100, originally sold by Amnesty International to raise funds for their international human rights efforts. The present work is one of a series of art prints created by 15 artists to focus on Amnesty International's Prisoners of Conscience Year 1977. Other examples of these works were exhibited between February and March of 1977 in the Washington Place windows of New York University's Grey Art Gallery.

This Deluxe hand signed edition of 100 is not to be confused with the unsigned poster edition of 2000.
The inscription reads as follows:
"for Amnesty International"

Catalogue Raisonne Reference: Baggott 56.

Measurements:
Frame:
39 x 29.5 x 1.5 inches
Print:
28.5 x 22.5 inches