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Executed in 1984, Pembroke Studio Interior, from the Moving Focus series, depicts the artist’s studio in vivid, primary colours decorated with bright green armchairs, irregular red floorboards and a yellow easel. Rendered in bold crayon-like lines, the studio space is constructed using multiple viewpoints, allowing the viewer to experience the space in its fullness. By adopting reverse perspective, Hockney achieves a dynamic representation of space on a two-dimensional surface, clearly inspired by Picasso’s study of perspective. Transcending the strictures of traditional single point perspective and challenging the conventional canons of composition, Pembroke Studio Interior is a remarkable example of Hockney’s revolutionary depiction of space and his fascination with colour and line.
Giovanni di Paolo, The Annunciation and Expulsion from Paradise, c. 1435, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Image: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1939.1.223 For Hockney, single-point perspective is a limited, constrictive way of communicating our experience of the world around us, which he likens to “looking at the world from the point of view of a paralyzed Cyclops - for a split second.” Drawing inspiration from the Cubism of Picasso’s 1980 retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, for Moving Focus, Hockney embraced a pictorial structure that could accommodate multiple viewpoints and perspectives as well as time and movement. In the present lot, the single point perspective of the Renaissance tradition, visible in many Annunciation scenes from the era, is turned on its head. Instead, the use of reverse perspective and multiple viewpoints create a dynamic and striking composition.
“A view from sitting still, from a stationary point, is not the way you usually see landscape; you are always moving through it. If you put a vanishing point anywhere, it means you’ve stopped. In a way, you’re hardly there.”
—David HockneyShortly after moving to California, in the mid-1960s, David Hockney began his working relationship with master printer Kenneth Tyler. Working with Tyler in all four of his workshops, Hockney found a joyous freedom in the variety of mark-making he could develop and explore through lithography. It was with Tyler that Hockney embarked on his ambitious Moving Focus series, where he dove into his enduring concern with the construction of images, the complexities of space, and the assembly of multiple perspectives. The result was a body of work which remains his largest and most pioneering series of colour lithographs, comprising 29 prints of interior views and chairs, exterior views of a Mexican hotel, and portraits of some of his most well-known sitters including Celia Birtwell and Gregory Evans.Provenance
Private Collection, Toronto
Literature
Tyler Graphics 277
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo 262Artist 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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Pembroke Studio Interior, from Moving Focus (T.G. 277, M.C.A.T. 262)
1984
Lithograph in colours, on TGL handmade paper, with full margins.
framed 117.8 x 139.7 cm (46 3/8 x 55 in.)
Signed, dated and numbered 'AP XIV/XVIII' (one of 18 artist's proofs, the edition was 70), published by Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford Village, New York (with their blindstamp), 1985, contained in the original hand-painted wooden frame designed by the artist.
Estimate
£40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £82,550
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David Hockney
Hockney’s Alphabet
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
Sold for £2,032
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David Hockney
Made in April, plate 11 from The Blue Guitar (S.A.C. 209, M.C.A.T. 188)
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
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David Hockney
China Diary (M.C.A.T. 254)
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
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David Hockney
XIV Olympic Winter Games, Sarajevo (B. 135)
Estimate £400 - 600 ‡♠
Sold for £1,397
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David Hockney
Olympische Spiele München (Olympic Games Munich) (B. 34)
Estimate £800 - 1,200 ♠
Sold for £1,651
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David Hockney
Parade, Metropolitan Opera, New York (B. 103)
Estimate £800 - 1,200 ♠
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David Hockney
Woman with a Sewing Machine (S.A.C. 2, M.C.A.T. 2)
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
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David Hockney
Fish and Chip Shop (S.A.C. 3, M.C.A.T. 3)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
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David Hockney
My Mother with Parrot (M.C.A.T. 148, S.A.C. 161)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ‡♠
Sold for £4,826
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David Hockney
George Sand (S.A.C. 151)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ‡♠
Sold for £1,778
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David Hockney
Gustave Flaubert (S.A.C. 152, M.C.A.T. 146)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ♠
Sold for £2,286
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David Hockney
He Enquired after the Quality, plate 3 from Illustrations for 14 Poems by C.P. Cavafy (E. A. 460, S.A.C. 49, M.C.A.T. 49)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
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David Hockney
The Shop Window of a Tobacco Store, plate 7 from Illustrations for 14 Poems by C.P. Cavafy (E.A. 464, S.A.C. 53, M.C.A.T. 53)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
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David Hockney
Fundevogel, from Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm (S.A.C. 75-80, M.C.A.T. 72-77)
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
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David Hockney
Rapunzel, from Illustrations for Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm (S.A.C. 81-86, M.C.A.T. 78-83)
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000 ♠
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David Hockney
Showing Maurice the Sugar Lift (S.A.C. 170, M.C.A.T. 155)
Estimate £1,500 - 2,500 ‡♠
Sold for £2,159
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David Hockney
French Shop (S.A.C. 122, M.C.A.T. 112)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £11,430
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David Hockney
Homage to Michelangelo, from Omaggio a Michelangelo (S.A.C. 173, M.C.A.T. 162)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £4,064
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David Hockney
Tulips (S.A.C. 158, M.C.A.T. 142)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡♠
Sold for £33,020
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David Hockney
Pretty Tulips (S.A.C. 115)
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £31,750
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David Hockney
7th March 2021, More Flowers on a Table
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡♠
Sold for £40,640
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David Hockney
A Bigger Book, Art Edition A
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £33,020
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David Hockney
A Bigger Book, Art Edition B
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £27,940
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David Hockney
A Bigger Book, Art Edition C
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £21,590
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David Hockney
A Bigger Book, Art Edition D
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £30,480
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David Hockney
My Window: No. 535, 28th June 2009
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ♠
Sold for £27,940
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David Hockney
My Window: No. 281, 23rd July 2010
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
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David Hockney
My Window: No. 610, 23rd December 2010
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £17,780
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David Hockney
My Window: No. 778, 17th April 2011
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
Sold for £30,480
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David Hockney
Rain on the Studio Window
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £21,590
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David Hockney
The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 2 January
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £228,600
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David Hockney
The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) – 25 February
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ♠
Sold for £95,250
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David Hockney
Untitled No. 21, from The Yosemite Suite
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000 ‡♠
Sold for £57,150
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David Hockney
Lithographic Water Made of Lines, Crayon, and Two Blue Washes (T.G. 252, M.C.A.T. 209)
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡♠
Sold for £120,650
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David Hockney
Lithographic Water Made of Lines and Crayon (T.G. 254, M.C.A.T. 211)
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000 ‡♠
Sold for £114,300
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David Hockney
Pool Made with Paper and Blue Ink for Book, from Paper Pools (T.G. 269, M.C.A.T. 234)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £50,800
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37No Reserve
David Hockney
Composition Red & Blue
Estimate £500 - 700 •♠
Sold for £508
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David Hockney
Self-Portrait, July 1986 (M.C.A.T. 295)
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ♠
Sold for £57,150
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David Hockney
Picture of a Portrait in a Silver Frame, from A Hollywood Collection (E.A. 453, S.A.C. 43, M.C.A.T. 43)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £10,160
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David Hockney
Self-Portrait in My Living Room, from David Hockney - 220 for 2020. Art Edition No. 101–200
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £24,130
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David Hockney
The Commissioner (T.G. 265, M.C.A.T. 220)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 ‡♠
Sold for £2,413
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David Hockney
Yves-Marie (S.A.C. 159, M.C.A.T. 156)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠
Sold for £5,715
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David Hockney
Ann in the Studio (G. 1191, M.C.A.T. 258)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £2,032
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David Hockney
Celia (S.A.C. 109, M.C.A.T. 106)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £4,064
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David Hockney
Celia Adjusting Her Eyelash (G. 837)
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500 ♠
Sold for £3,048
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David Hockney
Celia in a Wicker Chair (M.C.A.T. 158)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,320
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David Hockney
Corbusier Chair and Rug (B. 23)
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 ♠
Sold for £6,985
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David Hockney
An Image of Gregory, from Moving Focus (T.G. 285, M.C.A.T. 276)
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ♠
Sold for £82,550
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David Hockney
Hotel Acatlán: Second Day, from Moving Focus (T.G. 283, M.C.A.T. 270)
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ♠
Sold for £107,950
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David Hockney
Pembroke Studio Interior, from Moving Focus (T.G. 277, M.C.A.T. 262)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡♠
Sold for £82,550
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David Hockney
Two Pembroke Studio Chairs, from Moving Focus (T.G. 276, M.C.A.T. 264)
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £20,320
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David Hockney
Inside It Opens Up As Well
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000 ‡♠
Sold for £63,500
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David Hockney
Sparer Chairs
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
Sold for £50,800
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David Hockney
Seven Trollies, Six and a Half Stools, Six Portraits, Eleven Paintings, and Two Curtains
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £38,100
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David Hockney
Above and Beyond, from Some More New Prints (G. 1625, M.C.A.T. 339)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡♠
Sold for £16,510
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David Hockney
Untitled for Joel Wachs (G. 1584)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,890
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David Hockney
David Hockney: Some Very New Paintings (B. 198)
Estimate £700 - 900 ♠
Sold for £2,794
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David Hockney
Art Car David Hockney BMW 850 CSi, 1995
Estimate £500 - 700 •♠
Sold for £1,397
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