David Hockney - 20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale Hong Kong Tuesday, June 21, 2022 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private Collection
    Sotheby's, New York, 30 April 2019, lot 205
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Museum of Contemporary Art, eds., David Hockney Prints: 1954 – 1995, Tokyo, Japan, 1996, p.96 (illustrated)
    Nikos Stangos, ed., David Hockney by David Hockey: My Early Years, New York, New York, 1977, p.269 (illustrated)

  • Artist Biography

    David Hockney

    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 the
    changing 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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Still Life with Book (S.A.C. 144; M.C.A.T. 135)

signed, titled, numbered and dated 'A.P. X ‘’Still life with book" David Hockney 73' along the lower edge in mauve crayon (faded)
lithograph in colours on Arjomari handmade paper
81.1 x 62.6 cm. (31 7/8 x 24 5/8 in.)
Published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles in 1973, this work is one of 18 artist’s proofs numbered in Roman numerals, aside the standard edition of 88 numbered in Arabic numerals.

Estimate
HK$280,000 - 380,000 
€33,900-46,000
$35,900-48,700

Sold for HK$327,600

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20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale

Hong Kong Auction 21 June 2022