Provenance
Estate of David and Ann Graves
Charterhouse Auctioneers, Pictures, Books, Asian Art & Sporting Items, 4 June 2020, lot 52
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
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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David Hockney

Little Stanley Sleeping

1987
Offset print in colours, on shaped smooth wove paper flush-mounted to foamboard, the full sheet, with hanging string.
25.5 x 30.4 cm (10 x 11 7/8 in.)
Signed and dedicated ‘Dearest Ann, here is a framed picture of little Stanley sleeping, to hang up straight way, - or it can be thrown away. Much much love David xxxx’, with an ‘instructions for hanging’ drawing in black ink on the reverse, unframed.

Estimate
£6,000 - 8,000 ♠

Sold for £18,900

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