One of the most important artists to emerge in Britain in the 1960s, David Hockney first gained attention while he was a student at the Royal College of Art in London. Along with Allan Jones, RB Kitaj and other current and former RCA students, Hockney was featured in the 1961 edition of the annual Young Contemporaries exhibition, held at Whitechapel Art Gallery, which heralded the arrival of the new Pop aesthetic in the UK. In 1964 Hockney moved to from London to Los Angeles, where he started painting scenes of Southern California life – rolling hills, swimming pools and modernist architecture – that were often infused with homoerotic themes. Hockney has also focused on the landscape, either in paintings or the collages made with Polaroid and 35 mm-color prints of the 1980s to mural-scaled horizontal format landscapes and stage sets. Hockney has continued to investigate the relationship between perception and space as well as technology, in a series of iPad drawings. A major retrospective of his work organized by the Tate Britain, the Centre Pompidou and the Metropolitan Museum acknowledged the artist’s long career, which continues. Still active at age 80, the artist is represented in major collections around the world including notable holding by the British Museum, London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Hayward Gallery Arts Council Collection, London. For those collecting Hockney the market remains positive. According to Sotheby’s Mei Moses, the average compound annual return for Hockney resold at auction between 2003 and 2017 was 10.7% and 80.8% of 52 such works increased in value.

David Hockney

This <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=SUMO+edition&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SUMO collector's edition</a> of&nbsp;A Bigger Book&nbsp;is a majestic visual survey of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=david+hockney&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hockney</a>’s more than 60 years of work, from his teenage days at art school up to his recent extensive series of portraits, iPad drawings and Yorkshire landscapes.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 3: 2 volumes, 1 stand.</li><li>David Hockney (British).</li><li>Edited by Hans Werner Holzwarth (German).</li><li>Bookstand designed by Marc Newson (Australian).</li><li>Köln: Taschen, 2016.</li><li>498 pages.</li><li>Hardcover.</li><li>Collector's Edition No. 1,001–10,000, edition of 9,000.</li><li>Signed by Hockney.</li><li>13 foldouts plus an illustrated 680-page chronology book with an adjustable bookstand.</li></ul> Please note: This item is excluded from complimentary shipping. Shipping quote will be calculated at time of purchase.

A Bigger Book

Extending, February, 1990, by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=David+Hockney&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">David Hockney</a>.<ul><li>David Hockney (British, born 1937).</li><li>This work was commissioned by the Prints and Drawings Council of LACMA, Los Angeles and printed and published by the artist in June 1990.</li><li>Home-made Xerox print in color on laid paper.</li><li>Hand signed and numbered.</li><li>It is comprised of two sheets, as issued.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> This home-made Xerox is hand signed in pencil by the artist "David Hockney" at the lower right margin. It is dated in pencil “90” [1990] next to the signature. It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 50, at the lower left corner. Please note: This item is excluded from complimentary shipping. Shipping quote will be calculated at time of purchase.

Extending, February

A limited edition of 220 in 2020 by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=David+Hockney&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">David Hockney</a>.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 2 volumes.</li><li>David Hockney (English).</li><li>Volume 1: 220 for 2020: containing IPad drawings by David Hockney, created from 2020-2021.</li><li>Volume 2: Los Angeles and La Grande Cour 2019: A fascimile of 2 sketchbooks made by David Hockney in 2019.</li><li>TASCHEN: 2021.</li><li>Part of an edition of 2020 plus 80 artists' proofs.</li><li>Numbered 1405/2020.</li><li>Housed in a blue clamshell box.</li></ul>

220 in 2020

Celia - Adjusting her Eyelash, 1979, by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=David+Hockney&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">David Hockney</a>.<ul><li>David Hockney (British, born 1937).</li><li>Printed and published at Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles.</li><li>Lithograph on Twinrocker handmade paper.</li><li>Hand signed and numbered.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> This original lithograph is hand signed in green pencil by the artist "Hockney" in the lower right margin. It is also dated "79" (1979) in pencil. It is hand numbered and inscribed in green pencil AP XVI next to the signature. It is one of sixteen artists proofs aside from the standard edition of 100 numbered with Arabic numerals. The paper bears the Gemini G.E.L. blind stamp and the Twinrocker watermark. There is another impression of this work in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia. Hockney and Celia Birtwell, a fashion designer, met in 1968 in Portobello Road. She soon began to appear in the artist’s work, but particularly in his prints. She sits for 30 portraits, which compose about a quarter of his total printed portrait oeuvre. Many of the Celia portraits recall those made by Matisse and Degas. Celia Birtwell said: “We have always felt completely comfortable in each other’s company. We amused each other. I found posing for him to be a very intimate, and silent, affair…Before commencing we have a conversation about how he wants me to look. I could look left or right. He may say, ‘Move your arm.’ ‘Sit further back.’ ‘Look out of the window.’ then comes the moment when he suddenly says, ‘I like that.’ whilst he’s drawing me I can see the intensity, struggle and concentration on his face. The intensity is extraordinary. After an hour or so he’ll say, ‘do you want to take a break, luvvie?’ Sometimes I take a peek at the portrait, other times I prefer to wait until it’s finished. He always says he doesn’t appeal to vanity. Whatever my feelings are, they are always amazing.” Please note: This item is excluded from complimentary shipping. Shipping quote will be calculated at time of purchase.

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