Lot 447
  • 447

David Hockney

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • David Hockney
  • George, Blanche, Celia, Albert and Percy
  • signed, titled, numbered #16 and dated London 1983
  • photographic collage
  • sheet: 110.7 by 118cm.; 43 1/2 by 46 1/2 in.
  • Executed in 1983, this work is number 16 from an edition of 20.

Provenance

Private Collection, Europe

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; London, National Portrait Gallery, David Hockney Portraits, 2006-07, n. p., no. 58, another example from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the tonality of the background is slightly lighter and tends more towards green in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. All collaged elements are stable.
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