ID 838954
Lot 59 | DAVID HOCKNEY (b. 1937)
Estimate value
$ 5 000 000 – 7 000 000
The Conversation
signed, titled and dated 'The Conversation 1980 David Hockney' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
60 x 60 in. (152.4 x 152.4 cm.)
Painted in 1980
Provenance
Gilbert de Botton, London.
Private collection, Chicago (by 2002).
Private collection, Chicago (acquired from the above, 2012).
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2016.
Literature
S. Howgate and B. Stern Shapiro, David Hockney: Portraits, London, 2006, p. 29, no. 14 (illustrated).
M. Livingstone and K. Heymer, Hockney's Portraits and People, London, 2005 (illustrated on the cover).
M. Livingstone, David Hockney, London, 1996, p. 213, no. 162 (illustrated).
N. Stangos, David Hockney: That's the Way I See it, London, 1993, p. 48, no. 41 (illustrated).
P. Webb, "Hockney in Recline," The Observer, 16 October 1988, section 5, p. 5.
P. Webb, Portrait of David Hockney, New York, 1988, pp. 180 and 200.
C. Sykes, David Hockney: The Biography, 1975-2012, New York, 2014, p. 174.
Exhibited
New York, Rosenberg and Stiebel, Collecting at the Top: The Tate International Council, May-June 1988.
Tokyo, Odakyu Grand Gallery; Gunma, The Museum of Modern Art; Funabashi, The Seibu Museum and Osaka, Umeda Hankyu Gallery, David Hockney, April-October 1989 (illustrated, pl. 16).
Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, British Figurative Painting of the 20th Century, November 1992-February 1993, pp. 53-54 (illustrated).
Chicago, Richard Gray Gallery, David Hockney: The Thrill is Spatial, November 2013-January 2014, pp. 9-10 (illustrated).
Seattle, Pivot Art + Culture, A Closer Look: Portraits from the Paul G. Allen Family Collection, December 2016-March 2017.
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| Artist: | David Hockney (1937) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | David Hockney (1937) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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