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How much is David Hockney's art worth?
How much David Hockney's art is worth depends on its medium, size, history, condition and other factors. In 2018, his Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), produced in 1972, sold for over $90 million at an auction in New York. The art of David Hockney is engaging in its ambiguities; his prints, drawings and paintings are warm but aloof, filled with light yet often dark and brooding in subject. His stature in the contemporary art world is such that he was named the most influential British artist of all time in a 2011 survey of one thousand British painters and sculptors. If you own a Hockney piece, a certified appraiser or knowledgeable art dealer can be of assistance during the valuation process. On 1stDibs, find a collection of David Hockney art.
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Rencontres, Color Lithograph, Signed, Edition of 1500, 1964 (~34% OFF)
By David Hockney
Located in Kansas City, MO
David Hockney Rencontres 1964 Color Lithograph Size: 12.68 × 19.21 inches (32.2 x 48.8 cm) Signed in plate Edition: 1,500 Publisher: Galerie Krugier & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland Fr...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

David Hockney - A Picture of Ourselves, The Blue Guitar, Etching/Aquatint Signed
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
A Picture of Ourselves, from The Blue Guitar Etching with Aquatint in colours on Inversk mould made paper with full margins Signed in pencil and annotated BAT ("Bon a Tirer") on the ...
Category

1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Small Dogs by David Hockney
By David Hockney
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Small Dogs By David Hockney 1995 Signed, dated and numbered Intaglio on paper 42 x 56 cm Edition of 80 (12/80)
Category

1990s Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Paper, Intaglio

2020 David Hockney 'Road and Tree Near Wetwang' Pop Art United Kingdom Offset
By David Hockney
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This David Hockney poster is printed in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, on 270gsm Accent Fresco (Gesso), a textured, uncoated paper made from 100% ECF virgin fibre. FSC certified ...
Category

2010s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Deluxe Hand Signed Lt Ed Olympic Diver in Swimming Pool coveted lithograph w/COA
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
"Water in swimming pools changes its look more than any other form. If the water surface is almost still and there is a strong sun, then dancing lines with the color of the spectrum appear everywhere." - - David Hockney David Hockney Offset Lithograph poster (Deluxe Hand Signed Limited Edition) on Parsons Diploma Parchment Paper, accompanied by COA from the Publisher and Olympic Committee 36 × 24 inches Pencil signed and unnumbered from the Edition of 750 (there was a separate, larger unsigned edition) Unframed Also accompanied by gallery issued Certificate of Guarantee One of the most coveted, historic and popular David Hockney limited editions created - beloved by American and international collectors alike: The official edition of this work is 750, but the publisher famously destroyed unsold editions after the Olympic Games and only about 200-250 are said to remain. This hand signed limited edition iconic Hockney work was printed as one of the fifteen Official Fine Art Olympic Posters for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. (the XXIII'rd Olympiad). It depicts an aerial view of a swimmer under rippling water broken up into 12 squares. A statement released by the 1984 Olympic committee explains the set as follows - "The posters commissioned for the 1984 Olympics contain an enlightened selection of the best American artists with special emphasis on those who work in Southern California...As the Games develop, transpire and pass into memory, these fifteen posters contain the images, forms and symbols that will represent the 1984 Olympics in the museums, galleries, homes and the minds of people all over the world.” This work is NOT to be confused with the ubiquitous plate signed poster of the same image, which was printed on different paper in an open edition.) In 1982, the Olympic Committee commissioned 15 artists to create posters for the 1984 Games in Los Angeles. Hockney designed this offset lithograph depicting Olympic swimming. It was printed on Parsons Diploma Parchment paper in 1982, in an edition of 750, hand signed in pencil by the artist. Even though this print was published in an edition of 750, after the first marketing blitz, the publisher destroyed the remaining portfolios of signed prints - literally discarding hundreds of them in the dumpster. The Olympic Committee commissioned these portfolios to celebrate and promote the 1984 Olympics, and nobody expected the individual prints to have such enduring value. As the executives running the short-term promotional campaign were neither prophets nor curators, they saw no reason to hold on to these huge prints...
Category

1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

The glass mountain shattered David Hockney Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
This etching from David Hockney’s celebrated Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm portfolio depicts the somewhat obscure story Old Rinkrank, which Hockney chose to illustrate beca...
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

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