David Hockney - Evening & Day Editions New York Friday, October 25, 2019 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Tyler Graphics 283
    Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo 270

  • Catalogue Essay

    David Hockney discovered the Hotel Romano Angeles in the small town of Acatlán, Hidalgo Province, Mexico, by accident after his car broke down on a trip from Mexico City to Oaxaca. Arranged around a courtyard with tropical plants and a well in the center, its rustic charm and vibrant colors immediately appealed to the artist inspiring five images at the hotel.

    "It has so many different perspectives that you are forced to move your eye constantly…It is a totally impossible view from one point, yet there is a clarity and order about the picture. The effect of the space is extremely strong, yet it is not an illusion you want to walk into, because you are already in the picture and walking around". David Hockney in a letter to friend R.B. Kitaj, A Walk Around the Hotel Courtyard, Acatlán, Hockney: The Biography, p. 209

  • 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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Hotel Acatlán: Second Day, from the 'Moving Focus' Series

1984-85
Lithograph in colors, on two sheets of TGL handmade paper (as issued), the full sheets.
S. 29 x 75 5/8 in. (73.7 x 192.1 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered 91/98 in pencil (there were also 34 artist's proofs), published by Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford Village, New York, framed.

Estimate
$50,000 - 70,000 

Sold for $100,000

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Evening & Day Editions

New York Auction 25 October 2019