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David Hockney

A Bigger Book, Art Edition A, B, C, and D

Estimate
$120,000 - 180,000
$163,800
Lot Details
The complete series of four iPad drawings in colors, printed on archival paper, with full margins, each with the illustrated 680-page chronology book and adjustable book stand designed by Marc Newson, all contained in the original cardboard boxes, two with printed labels.
2010/2016
all I. 17 1/4 x 13 in. (43.8 x 33 cm)
all S. 22 x 17 in. (55.9 x 43.2 cm)
books 28 x 20 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (71.1 x 51.4 x 8.9 cm)
All the iPad drawings signed and dated in pencil, Edition A numbered 164/250, B numbered 119/250, C numbered 226/250, and D numbered 2/250 in pencil, the books signed in black ink on the title pages (all from the editions of 250 lettered A-D, there was also an edition of 10,000 without iPad drawings), co-published by the artist (with his blindstamp) and Taschen, Berlin, the iPad drawings unframed.

David Hockney

British
David Hockney (b. 1937) is one of the most well-known and celebrated artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. He works across many mediums, including painting, collage, and more recently digitally, by creating print series on iPads. His works show semi-abstract representations of domestic life, human relationships, floral, fauna, and thechanging of seasons.

Hockney has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Royal Academy of Arts in London, and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, among many other institutions. On the secondary market, his work has sold for more than $90 million.
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