Phillips Announces David Hockney Auction To be Offered in London on 13 September

Phillips Announces David Hockney   A Dedicated Auction of Works by David Hockney to Celebrate the British Artist’s Lifelong Innovation and Experimentation   To be Offered in London on 13 September   David Hockney Afternoon Swimming, 1979 Estimate: £250,000-400,000   LONDON – 14 JULY 2022 – LONDON – Phillips is pleased to announce David Hockney, a dedicated auction of Contemporary Art, Editions and Photographs this September. Featuring a broad spectrum of rare to market works,David Hockney will celebrate one of the most influential British artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, his innovation with technique and endless fascination with exploring how we see and make art. Leading the sale is Hockney’sAfternoon Swimming from 1979, an iconic, swimming pool composition that demonstrates the artist’s skill with lithography. The works will go on public view from 6 to 13 September before the auction on 13 September at 30 Berkeley Square.   Robert Kennan, Head of Editions, Europe, said, “This sale looks to celebrate the achievements of David Hockney to date with a vibrant selection in all media. The auction is an opportunity to acquire a Hockney work at all prices points, from entry level works priced at £1000 to those higher value pieces at £250,000 and above. Contemporary edition collecting is something we feel incredibly passionate about and creating curated sales such as David Hockney allows us to engage with our community of collectors, whilst reflecting our innovative approach to meet current collecting demands.”   Three highlights of the sale, Tyler Dining Room, Celia in a Wicker Chair, and arguably Hockney’s most sought after edition, Afternoon Swimming, come from prominent South African collectors Andrew and Sandy Ovenstone, owners of Stellenberg, Cape Town. This historic house is the last remaining private Cape Dutch homestead in thecentral southern suburbs of Cape Town and home to world-renowned gardens overseen by Sandy Ovenstone. Proceeds from the sale of these works will help to fund new acquisitions by contemporary South African artists.   David Hockney The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven), 30 May, 2011 Estimate: £120,000-180,000   David Hockney Celia Looks, 1980 Estimate: £6,000-8,000   David Hockney Tyler Dining Room, from Moving Focus Series, 1984 Estimate: £40,000-60,000   David Hockney Untitled 224, 2010 Estimate: 50,000-70,000     Auction: 13 September 2022 Auction viewing: 6-13 September Location: 30 Berkeley Square, London Click here for more information:  https://www.phillips.com/auctions/auction/UK030422

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NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON David Hockney: Drawing from Life Text by Sarah Howgate. Celebrating more than 60 years of intimate portraiture by David Hockney Images from David Hockney: Drawing from Life, published by National Portrait Gallery, London. All images © David Hockney. Published to accompany a major international exhibition, David Hockney: Drawing from Life features Hockney’s drawings from the 1950s to the present day, and focuses on his depictions of himself and a small group of sitters close to him: his muse, Celia Birtwell; his mother, Laura Hockney; and his friends, the curator, Gregory Evans, and master printer, Maurice Payne. In his portrait drawings of these figures, Hockney tries out new stylistic experiments and expresses his admiration for his artistic predecessors, from Holbein to Picasso. Featuring 150 beautifully reproduced works from public and private collections across the world, this publication traces the trajectory of Hockney’s drawing practice by examining how he has revisited these five figures throughout his career. Highlights include a series of new portraits, colored pencil drawings created in Paris in the early 1970s, composite Polaroid portraits from the 1980s and a selection of drawings from an intense period of self-scrutiny during that same decade when the artist created a self-portrait every day for two months. David Hockney: Drawing from Life accompanies the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London, temporarily closed due to COVID-19. The show is scheduled to travel to the Morgan Library & Museum in New York, October 2, 2020 through January 17, 2021. David Hockney (born 1937) is considered one of the most celebrated British contemporary artists. Hockney studied at the Bradford School of Art and the Royal College of Art with R.B. Kitaj, Allen Jones and Derek Boshier. Graduating with a gold medal, he became a leading figure in pop art. His work encompasses drawing, painting, printmaking, photography and stage design. Spreads from David Hockney: Drawing from Life, published by National Portrait Gallery, London. TO PREVIEW A PDF OF THE BOOK, CONTACT Danny Kopel, Director of Publicity - dkopel@dapinc.com **All images fully copyrighted by the publisher and artist. No reproductions either in print or online are permissible without clearance. David Hockney: Drawing from Life Text by Sarah Howgate. "I think the way I draw, the more I know and react to people, the more interesting the drawings will be. I don't really like struggling for a likeness. It seems a bit of a waste of effort... If you don't know the person, you don't really know if you've got a likeness at all." –David Hockney NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON Hardcover, 9.75 x 10.5 in. / 208 pgs / 150 color. List Price: $45.00 CDN $63.00 Available May 2020 REQUEST PRESS MATERIALS PUBLICITY CONTACTS Danny Kopel, Director of Publicity - dkopel@dapinc.com, 212.627.1999 ext.217 Logan Pettit, Publicist - lpettit@dapinc.com, 206.518.1311 Facebook Twitter Instagram artbook.com www.artbook.com #davidhockney#fineartmagazine