The present print is probably a unique state proof and is a previously uncatalogued state. Unlike the final print the man's trousers are rendered as little more than an outline and the accompanying figure is also more schematically rendered.
David Hockney
Marries an Old Maid (rare state proof for The Rake's Progress)
Etching with aquatint
38 x 51 cms (14.93 x 20.04 ins)
c.1961
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Catalogue Reference: Scottish Arts Council Catalogue 24; M.C.A.Tokyo 19