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David Hockney Art

British, b. 1937

The art of David Hockney is always engaging in its pleasant ambiguities: his prints, drawings and paintings are warm but somehow aloof; filled with light yet often dark and brooding in subject; simple, frank and mundane, but also ethereal and complex. The artist’s stature in the contemporary art world is such that, in a 2011 survey of one thousand British painters and sculptors, he was named the most influential British artist of all time.

Hockney grew up in Bradford, in the northern English county of Yorkshire, studying at the Bradford School of Art from 1953 to ’57, and at the Royal College of Art in London from 1959 to 1962. Though he was educated in art at a time when abstraction dominated the field, Hockney stuck resolutely to figurative painting and drawing.

Hockney's early paintings suggest a search for a style, veering from Expressionism to a grotesquerie suggestive of James Ensor. But Hockney found himself almost the moment he arrived in Los Angeles, in 1963. The move from the gray and rainy Britain to a world of bright sunshine and sparkling water brought Hockney a sense of freedom and an artistic epiphany. He would spend most of the next five years in L.A., painting luminous pictures, such as A Bigger Splash (1967), of things that made him happy: swimming pools, manicured lawns, palm trees, stucco buildings and luxuries like shower stalls. Hockney also painted people, almost always his friends. His California portraits such as Beverly Hills Housewife (1966) are considered to be his finest work. They are at once grandly scaled, intimate and poetic.

In the 1970s, Hockney moved back to Britain and spent much of his time on photography and printmaking. He returned to painting in the 1980s, and to subjects like still lifes, seascapes and portraits. Hockney has always been fascinated by the use of technology in art — he’s credited with inventing the technique of joining Polaroid photos in a collage to form a panoramic picture — and has been using the Brush app to paint on an iPad. Because he is prolific and works in a wide range of mediums, Hockney’s art is available at many price points. His consistently striking and provocative work should have a place in any comprehensive collection of contemporary art.

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Artist: David Hockney
The Diver - Olympic Games 1972 Munich - Original Poster - Edition Olympia Print
By David Hockney
Located in Köln, DE
David HOCKNEY The Diver (Olympische Spiele München 1972) Edition published by Edition Olympia 1972 GmbH, Munich Original from the time, no re-print or re-edition © EDITION OLYMPIA ...
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1970s Pop Art David Hockney Art

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Paper

Little Boodge (1993) by David Hockney
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
Offset lithograph 11.02 x 16.54 in (28.0 x 42.0 cm) Unsigned. This is an original, vintage artist-authorised David Hockney poster print, printed in 1993. This is not a later repro...
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1990s Contemporary David Hockney Art

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Lithograph

Original poster by David Hockney advertising the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
By David Hockney
Located in PARIS, FR
Original vintage poster advertising the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich (Olympische Spiele Munchen). Limited edition. This Munich Olympic poster...
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1970s David Hockney Art

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Paper, Lithograph

Dog 38 and Dog 43 (set of 2) by David Hockney
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
Set of 2 Offset lithographs 20.87 x 25.20 in 53.0 x 64.0 cm Acquired directly from the publisher.
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1990s Modern David Hockney Art

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Lithograph

Ink in the Room
By David Hockney
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Ink in the Room" is a screenprint in colors on Arches 88 paper made in 1993 by David Hockney. The work is signed and dated in pencil, lower right, "David Hockney 93". The work is nu...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art David Hockney Art

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Screen

Celia Amused
By David Hockney
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Celia Amused" is a lithograph on Toyoshi 80 paper made in 1979 by David Hockney. The work is editioned, signed, and dated in white, lower left, "11/100 David Hoickney 79". The paper...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art David Hockney Art

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Lithograph

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
By David Hockney
Located in Paris, FR
David HOCKNEY Pool Diver Original lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x 26 inch) Made for the Olympic Games in Munich, 1972 Excellent condition
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1970s American Modern David Hockney Art

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Lithograph

The Rake's Progress 100% Silk Pocket Scarf in bespoke gift box
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney The Rake's Progress Silk Pocket Scarf, ca. 2020 100% silk scarf made in Italy and printed in the UK, held in the original presentation box 16 1/10 × 16 1/10 inches Bear...
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2010s Pop Art David Hockney Art

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Silk, Screen

Skater
By David Hockney
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Original signed poster lithograph, 1983. Edition of 150 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper. Art and Sport portfolio: The Yugoslav Olympic Committee of the Winter Olympic...
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1980s Abstract David Hockney Art

Materials

Lithograph

Monograph: David Hockney's Dog Days (hand signed and dated by David Hockney)
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney's Dog Days (hand signed and dated by David Hockney), 1998 Hardback monograph with dust jacket (hand signed and dated by David Hockney) Hand signed and dated "11th June ...
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1990s Pop Art David Hockney Art

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Deluxe Hand Signed Lt Ed Olympic Diver in Swimming Pool lithographic poster 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 ...
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1980s Pop Art David Hockney Art

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Lithograph, Offset, Pencil

David Hockney -- Olympische Spiele München, 1972
By David Hockney
Located in BRUCE, ACT
David Hockney (b.1937) Post for Olympische Spiele München, 1972 (Baggott 34) Printed by Matthieu, Zurich, published by Edition Olympia 1972 G...
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1970s David Hockney Art

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Offset

25th Anniversary of the Paris Review (Hand signed by David Hockney)
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney 25th Anniversary of the Paris Review (Hand signed by David Hockney), 1981 Offset Lithograph on wove paper Pencil signed by David Hockney on the front 36 × 26 1/2 inche...
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1980s Pop Art David Hockney Art

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Offset, Lithograph

A Year in Normandie Ashtray
By David Hockney
Located in Manchester, GB
David Hockney A Year in Normandie Ashtray by David Hockney (Numbered, Limited Edition of 170), 2022 Ceramic Ash Tray 7 9/10 × 6 3/10 in 20 × 16 cm Edition of 170
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2010s Contemporary David Hockney Art

Materials

Ceramic

Paintings and Drawings for Parade poster (Hand Signed by David Hockney)
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney Paintings and Drawings for Parade - Metropolitan Museum (Hand Signed by David Hockney), 1981 Offset Lithograph. Hand signed by David Hockney...
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1980s Pop Art David Hockney Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Detail of Bedlam, from Rake's Progress exhibition poster, Hand signed by Hockney
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney San Francisco Opera Summer Season (Hand Signed), 1982 Offset lithograph poster (hand signed by David Hockney) 39 × 34 inches Boldly signed by David Hockney on the front...
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1980s Pop Art David Hockney Art

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Offset, Lithograph

The Golden Road, Los Angeles Music Center Opera poster (Hand Signed & inscribed)
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney Richard Strauss: Los Angeles Music Center Opera (Hand Signed and Inscribed), 1993 Offset Lithograph (hand signed and inscribed by David Hockney) 30 × 20 inches Signed and inscribed to Chris by Hockney in ink on the front Unframed The inscription reads "For Chris Love David Hockney" with a little flourish over the love. This is the original poster for the 1993 Los Angeles Music Center Opera production of the opera "Die Frau Ohne Schatten" by Richard Strauss, inscribed and signed by Hockney in the lower center of the poster. Hockney has, exceptionally, inscribed the poster "for Chris" and "Love" - who is Christopher Thomas Harlan...
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1990s Pop Art David Hockney Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

My Parents, limited edition photograph, from the Collection of Ileana Sonnabend
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney My Parents, from the Collection of Ileana Sonnabend, 1976 Chromogenic print 10 × 8 1/2 inches Signed in ink on the front and numbered 28/80 Unframed This vintage photog...
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1970s Pop Art David Hockney Art

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Photographic Paper

Tribute to Violinist Jascha Heifetz, limited edition David Hockney poster
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney Tribute to violinist Jascha Heifetz, 1988 Offset Lithograph Poster 15 × 34 inches Limited Edition of 100 Unframed (unsigned) Another example of this work was featured i...
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1980s Pop Art David Hockney Art

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Offset

Gorge d’Incre, from: Some More New Prints - British Contemporary Landscape
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
This original lithograph and screenprint in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Hockney" in the lower right image. It is also dated ‘93’ [1993] next to the signature. It ...
Category

1990s Contemporary David Hockney Art

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

Swimmer / Pool Diver - Offset Lithograph (Olympic Games, Los Angeles 1984)
By David Hockney
Located in Paris, FR
David HOCKNEY Swimmer, Pool Diver, 1982 Offset Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 91 x 61 cm (36 x 24 inch) Made for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, 1984 REFERENC...
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1980s American Modern David Hockney Art

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Lithograph

David Hockney Tate Gallery Limited Edition Exhibition Poster with official COA
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney My Mother (Bridlington), 1988 Four Color Lithograph on T.H. Saunders Waterford 250 gram paper. Hand signed. Also accompanied by a separate signed Certificate of Authent...
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1980s Pop Art David Hockney Art

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Lithograph

Extending - British Still Life Technology
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
This original 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 h...
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1990s Contemporary David Hockney Art

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Color

The Haunted Castle (Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm) David Hockney
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
The Haunted Castle (from Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm) Etching and aquatint on W S Hodgkinson paper watermarked "DH" and "PP" Paper 17.5 x 12.25 in. / 45 x 31 cm Plate 14 ...
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1960s Modern David Hockney Art

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Etching

Peter Schlesinger, from: Friends - British Portrait Hollywood Los Angeles
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
This original lithograph in sepia is hand signed in pencil by the artist "David Hockney" at the lower right margin. It is dated ‘76’ [1976] next to the signature. It is also hand num...
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1970s Modern David Hockney Art

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Lithograph

Waiting at York, 180 - iPad Drawing 2010 British Technology Railway Scene
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
This original inkjet iPad drawing is hand signed in pencil by the artist "David Hockney" at the lower right margin. It is dated ‘10’ [2010] next to the signature. It is also hand nu...
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2010s Contemporary David Hockney Art

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Inkjet

Hockney Paints the Stage (Hand signed and inscribed with doodle of French flag)
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney Hockney Paints the Stage (Hand signed and inscribed with doodle of French flag and embellishments), 1983 Softback monograph (hand signed and inscribed in marker, with e...
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1980s Pop Art David Hockney Art

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Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset, Mixed Media

Hockney's Alphabet, portfolio of 26 lithographs signed by Hockney + 23 writers
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney Hockney's Alphabet, 1991 26 color lithographs in Fine Art Cartridge paper bound in quarter vellum with handmade Fabriano Roma paper sides, housed in matching box; signe...
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1990s Pop Art David Hockney Art

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Ink, Mixed Media, Vellum, Lithograph

Theresa Russell "Nude" poster (Hand signed, inscribed & dated by David Hockney)
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney XVI RIP ARLES (Hand signed, inscribed and dated by David Hockney), 1985 Offset lithograph poster Hand signed and inscribed with dateline London, 1985 by David Hockney o...
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1980s Pop Art David Hockney Art

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Lithograph, Offset, Ink

Dessins et Gravures, from Deluxe edition, depicting Karl Lagerfeld's companion
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney Dessins et Gravures, 1975 Offset lithograph and lithograph on cream colored paper Pencil signed and numbered 185/450 by David Hockney lower right front Vintage metal frame...
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1970s Pop Art David Hockney Art

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Lithograph, Offset

David Hockney, A Year in Normandie
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
A YEAR IN NORMANDIE, 2022 Ceramic 16 x 20cm Edition of 170
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2010s Pop Art David Hockney Art

Materials

Ceramic

Andre Emmerich Gallery poster: New Work With A Camera (Signed by David Hockney)
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney New Work With A Camera (Hand Signed), 1983 Offset Lithograph Poster Hand signed by the artist on lower right front 39 × 24 1/2 inches Unframed This offset lithograph p...
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1980s Pop Art David Hockney Art

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Lithograph, Offset

The Prisoner, for Amnesty International
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney The Prisoner, for Amnesty International, 1977 Color Offset Lithograph Hand signed, numbered 17/100 and inscribed by the artist on the lower right front Elegant hand mad...
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1970s Pop Art David Hockney Art

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Lithograph, Offset

UK exhibition poster of Grimms' Fairy Tales (Hand signed by David Hockney)
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney Grimms' Fairy Tales (Hand Signed), 1996 Offset Lithograph Poster Boldly signed in ink marker on the top front 16 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches Unframed This signed offset lithogr...
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1990s Pop Art David Hockney Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Untitled (Still Life with Chair)
By David Hockney
Located in Bristol, GB
Xerox copy of facsimile drawing in 16 parts Unknown edition 88 x 142 cm (35.1 x 56 in) (Frame 99.5 x 155.5 x 4.3 cm / 39.2 x 61.2 x 2.1 in) Printed initials on the front Conditi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary David Hockney Art

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Digital

Vide-Poche Ashtray
By David Hockney
Located in Manchester, GB
David Hockney Vide-Poche, 2020 Hand-cast, fine bone china ash-tray 6 3/10 × 7 9/10 in 16 × 20 cm Edition of 200 on accompanying pamphlet, housed within the original box.
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2010s Contemporary David Hockney Art

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Ceramic

Los Angeles Opera poster (Hand signed and inscribed by Hockney + 40 artists)
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney Los Angeles Music Center Opera Poster (Hand signed by Hockney + 40 artists), 1987 Off-set Lithograph Poster The signatures on the poster include David Hockney + 40 othe...
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1980s Pop Art David Hockney Art

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Ink, Offset

CELIA ADJUSTING HER EYELASH
By David Hockney
Located in Portland, ME
Hockney, David. CELIA ADJUSTING HER EYELASH. Scottish Arts Council 837, Gemini DH79-904. Lithograph, 1979. Edition of 100, plus 16 Artist's Proofs. signed, dated and numbered in gree...
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1970s David Hockney Art

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Lithograph

Celia Reclining
By David Hockney
Located in ZEIST, UT
David Hockney- Celia Reclining Lithograph, 1979 Signed and dated in pencil. Un unnumbered copy apart from the numbered edition of 100 (& 24 Artist proofs). Inscribed in pencil to ver...
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1970s Modern David Hockney Art

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Lithograph

Hockney Paints the Stage (inscribed to Walker Museum trustees)
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney Hockney Paints the Stage (inscribed to Walker Museum trustees), 1983 Acrylic, watercolor and ink on paper. (Signed and inscribed by David Hockney. Also signed and inscribed by director of the Walker Art Museum, Martin Friedman...
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1980s Pop Art David Hockney Art

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Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor

Montcalm Interior at 7 o'clock by David Hockney
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
Offset lithograph on Paper 27.56 x 32.83 in (70.0 x 83.4 cm) This piece is a vintage artist-authorised David Hockney poster printed in 1988. It is not a recent reproduction.
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1980s Contemporary David Hockney Art

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Lithograph

Gorge d'Incre, 1993
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
Gorge d'Incre (from Some More New Prints), 1993 Lithograph from 11 aluminium plates and screenprint from 8 screens on Arches 88 wove paper 27 × 21 1/2 in 68.6 × 54.6 cm Limited Edit...
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1990s David Hockney Art

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Lithograph

A Hollywood Collection
By David Hockney
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: David Hockney Title: A Hollywood Collection Year: 1965 Medium: Offset lithograph in colors, with Screenprint, 1965, on wove paper Size: 30.25 x 22.25 Inches - 76.5 x 56.1 cm. Edition of 85 (not numbered) Signed and dated 66 in pencil by the artist. Comes with a Letter of authenticity and is guaranteed in perpetuity. Condition: In Excellent condition. A Hollywood Collection (Baggot 8) Offset lithograph in colors, with Screenprint, 1965, on wove, the publicity poster for the series "A Hollywood Collection", published by Editions Alecto. Past auction...
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1960s Pop Art David Hockney Art

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Offset, Screen

'Les Mamelles de Tiresias' by David Hockney
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
Vintage Exhibition Poster 17.01 x 24.49 in (43.2 x 62.2 cm) This is an authentic artist-authorised vintage David Hockney poster, printed in 1981. This is not a later reproduction.
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1980s Contemporary David Hockney Art

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Offset

David Hockney 'The Tate Gallery - Celia in a Black Dress' Exhibition Print
By David Hockney
Located in San Rafael, CA
David Hockney (British, b. 1937), 'David Hockney -The Tate Gallery - Travels with Pen, Pencil and Ink, Drawings and Prints, but no paintings, 1961 - 1979'...
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1980s Contemporary David Hockney Art

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Lithograph

Remember that you cannot look at the sun or death for very long, by David Hockne
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
Offset lithograph with a yellow silk screen overlay on 170gsm paper 35.20 x 10.00 in (89.4 x 25.4 cm) From a limited edition of 3,000. Comes with the publisher Certificate of Authe...
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2010s Contemporary David Hockney Art

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Lithograph

A Moving Still Life, from: The Blue Guitar - Etching - Contemporary Art
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
DAVID HOCKNEY b.1937 born in Bradford, United Kingdom 1937 (British) Title: A Moving Still Life, from: The Blue Guitar, 1976 Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching an...
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1970s Contemporary David Hockney Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Vide Poche
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
Hand cast Fine Bone China dish in colours 7 9/10 × 6 3/10 × 1 3/5 in 20 × 16 × 4 cm Edition of 200
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary David Hockney Art

Materials

Ceramic

Riding Around on a Cooking Spoon (Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm)
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
Rumpelstizchen, the antagonist of the Grimm Brothers' eponymous fairy tale, is pictured here at the moment of his escape from the queen. After helping a desperate maiden spin straw into gold in exchange for a promise, he has returned to claim that now-queen's first-born child. Her only hope is to guess his name, and when she speaks it aloud, he flies into a rage and escapes on a soup ladle. Hockney emphasizes the creature's diminutive stature by placing him on an outsized spoon against a menacing, inky background. There's a sense of a set or stage, of puppetry or of silhouettes, that is enhanced by how the artist has defined the cooking fire in shades of grey that look like layered cutouts. Sheet from "Rumpelstizchen” story (from Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm) Text printed letterpress and “Riding Around on a Cooking Spoon" etching and aquatint on W S Hodgkinson paper watermarked "DH" and “PP" Etching 6.25 x 9.8 in. / 16 x 25 cm Paper 17.5 x 12.25 in / 45 x 31 cm Unsigned: apart from the published edition of 400 books and 100 portfolios. This is one of eleven images recently found in our archive which we have decided to make available. There is one only of each image. This print from our publisher's archives is one of thirty-nine etchings from David Hockney’s 1969 "Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm". Hockney worked on this series with Paul Cornwall-Jones at Petersburg Press over the course of a year. 400 books and 100 portfolios plus artist’s proofs were printed. The artist illustrated six stories: 'The Little Sea Hare', 'Fundevogel', 'Rapunzel', 'The Boy who left Home to learn Fear', 'Old Rinkrank' and 'Rumpelstilzchen'. According to Hockney, "They're fascinating, the little stories, told in a very, very simple, direct, straightforward language and style, it was this simplicity that attracted me. They cover quite a strange range of experience, from the magical to the moral." He was inspired by earlier illustrators of the tales, including Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac, but Hockney reimagined the stories for a modern audience. The frontispiece for the project pictures Catherina Dorothea Viehmann, the elderly German woman who recounted fairy tales to the Grimm brothers when they were in their late twenties. In Hockney's words: “The stories weren’t written by the Brothers Grimm…they came across this woman called Catherina Dorothea Viehmann, who told 20 stories to them in this simple language, and they were so moved by them that they wrote them down word for word as she spoke.” Hockney drew the German woman in the style of Dürer, formally posed yet naturalistic against an impeccably crosshatched swath of grey. Hockney wrote about the surreal plots contained in the Brothers Grimm tales: “…the stories really are quite mad, when you think of it, and quite strange. In modern times, it’s like the story of a couple moving into a house, and in the next door’s garden they see this lettuce growing: and the wife develops this craving for the lettuce that she just must have and climbs over to pinch it, and the old woman who lives in the house next door says well, you can have the lettuce if you give me your child, and they agree to it. And if you put it into terms like this and imagine them in their semi-detached house agreeing to it all, it seems incredible.” Hockney enhanced this unbelievable quality with his illustrations which traverse inky, dense areas of intense crosshatching and minimalist line work. Rather than serving as direct interpretations of the plot, the images capture moments and feelings. Some portray the magic yet mundane -- Rapunzel's tiny face gazing placidly at a well-tended garden, or project danger and unease as in The Haunted Castle, with its citadel perched atop craggy rocks, dramatically lit against a dark sky. Hockney's sense of humor comes through in Cold Water About to Hit the Prince, in which a man tucked into bed stares straight at a rush of water drawn with a splash (this technique is likely Spit Bite, and the resultant bold spattered brushstroke contrasts beautifully with the rest of the carefully crosshatched image). A Wooded Landscape, with its lush textures, conveys the bucolic setting of a fairy tale and the potential danger hidden within the woods -- the viewer is left to wonder who lives on the hilltop in that diminutive cabin. These etchings defy the conventions of beautiful fairy tale illustrations...
Category

1960s Modern David Hockney Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Rapunzel, Rapunzel let down your Hair (Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm)
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
Sheet from “Rapunzel” story (from Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm) Text printed letterpress and “Rapunzel, Rapunzel let down your Hair” etching and aquatint on W S Hodgkinson paper watermarked "DH" and "PP" Etching 10.5 × 9.85 in. / 26.7 × 25 cm Paper 17.5 x 12.25 in. / 45 x 31 cm Unsigned: apart from the published edition of 400 books and 100 portfolios. This is one of eleven images recently found in our archive which we have decided to make available. There is one only of each image. Perhaps the most famous story from the Grimm Brothers, Rapunzel spins the tale of a beautiful young princess locked away by an evil sorceress. Captured in this scene is the moment a King's son came across the tower and fell in love with her sweet singing, beseeching her: 'Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let down your hair to me.' Though the sorcerer banishes Rapunzel and maims the prince, they are of course ultimately reunited to live happily together. Hockney illustrates this scene with incredible texture detail: layers of aquatint defining the soft forest floor, delicate hatching on the horse's haunch, the tower's tight crosshatching, and of course the lyrical gesture of Rapunzel's hair which cascades from the upper right corner. This print from our publisher's archives is one of thirty-nine etchings from David Hockney’s 1969 "Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm". Hockney worked on this series with Paul Cornwall-Jones at Petersburg Press over the course of a year. 400 books and 100 portfolios plus artist’s proofs were printed. The artist illustrated six stories: 'The Little Sea Hare', 'Fundevogel', 'Rapunzel', 'The Boy who left Home to learn Fear', 'Old Rinkrank' and 'Rumpelstilzchen'. According to Hockney, "They're fascinating, the little stories, told in a very, very simple, direct, straightforward language and style, it was this simplicity that attracted me. They cover quite a strange range of experience, from the magical to the moral." He was inspired by earlier illustrators of the tales, including Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac, but Hockney reimagined the stories for a modern audience. The frontispiece for the project pictures Catherina Dorothea Viehmann, the elderly German woman who recounted fairy tales to the Grimm brothers when they were in their late twenties. In Hockney's words: “The stories weren’t written by the Brothers Grimm…they came across this woman called Catherina Dorothea Viehmann, who told 20 stories to them in this simple language, and they were so moved by them that they wrote them down word for word as she spoke.” Hockney drew the German woman in the style of Dürer, formally posed yet naturalistic against an impeccably crosshatched swath of grey. Hockney wrote about the surreal plots contained in the Brothers Grimm tales: “…the stories really are quite mad, when you think of it, and quite strange. In modern times, it’s like the story of a couple moving into a house, and in the next door’s garden they see this lettuce growing: and the wife develops this craving for the lettuce that she just must have and climbs over to pinch it, and the old woman who lives in the house next door says well, you can have the lettuce if you give me your child, and they agree to it. And if you put it into terms like this and imagine them in their semi-detached house agreeing to it all, it seems incredible.” Hockney enhanced this unbelievable quality with his illustrations which traverse inky, dense areas of intense crosshatching and minimalist line work. Rather than serving as direct interpretations of the plot, the images capture moments and feelings. Some portray the magic yet mundane -- Rapunzel's tiny face gazing placidly at a well-tended garden, or project danger and unease as in The Haunted Castle, with its citadel perched atop craggy rocks, dramatically lit against a dark sky. Hockney's sense of humor comes through in Cold Water About to Hit the Prince, in which a man tucked into bed stares straight at a rush of water drawn with a splash (this technique is likely Spit Bite, and the resultant bold spattered brushstroke contrasts beautifully with the rest of the carefully crosshatched image). A Wooded Landscape, with its lush textures, conveys the bucolic setting of a fairy tale and the potential danger hidden within the woods -- the viewer is left to wonder who lives on the hilltop in that diminutive cabin. These etchings defy the conventions of beautiful fairy tale illustrations...
Category

1960s Modern David Hockney Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

The Tower had one Window (Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm) David Hockney
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
Perhaps the most famous story from the Grimm Brothers, Rapunzel spins the tale of a beautiful young princess locked away by an evil sorceress. Captured in this scene is the moment a King's son came across the tower and fell in love with her sweet singing, beseeching her: 'Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let down your hair to me.' Though the sorcerer banishes Rapunzel and maims the prince, they are of course ultimately reunited to live happily together. This print pictures Rapunzel's tower prison with her cascading hair nearly reaching the forest floor. Hockney's tight crosshatching enhances the menacing form of the tower, contrasted with the dense, soft grass and the elegant gesture of her hair. Sheet from “Rapunzel” story (from Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm) Text printed letterpress and “The Tower Had One Window” etching and aquatint on W S Hodgkinson paper watermarked "DH" and "PP" Etching 13.5 x 6.25 in. / 34 x15.7 cm Paper 17.5 x 12.25 in. / 45 x 31 cm Unsigned: apart from the published edition of 400 books and 100 portfolios. This is one of eleven images recently found in our archive which we have decided to make available. There is one only of each image. This print from our publisher's archives is one of thirty-nine etchings from David Hockney’s 1969 "Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm". Hockney worked on this series with Paul Cornwall-Jones at Petersburg Press over the course of a year. 400 books and 100 portfolios plus artist’s proofs were printed. The artist illustrated six stories: 'The Little Sea Hare', 'Fundevogel', 'Rapunzel', 'The Boy who left Home to learn Fear', 'Old Rinkrank' and 'Rumpelstilzchen'. According to Hockney, "They're fascinating, the little stories, told in a very, very simple, direct, straightforward language and style, it was this simplicity that attracted me. They cover quite a strange range of experience, from the magical to the moral." He was inspired by earlier illustrators of the tales, including Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac, but Hockney reimagined the stories for a modern audience. The frontispiece for the project pictures Catherina Dorothea Viehmann, the elderly German woman who recounted fairy tales to the Grimm brothers when they were in their late twenties. In Hockney's words: “The stories weren’t written by the Brothers Grimm…they came across this woman called Catherina Dorothea Viehmann, who told 20 stories to them in this simple language, and they were so moved by them that they wrote them down word for word as she spoke.” Hockney drew the German woman in the style of Dürer, formally posed yet naturalistic against an impeccably crosshatched swath of grey. Hockney wrote about the surreal plots contained in the Brothers Grimm tales: “…the stories really are quite mad, when you think of it, and quite strange. In modern times, it’s like the story of a couple moving into a house, and in the next door’s garden they see this lettuce growing: and the wife develops this craving for the lettuce that she just must have and climbs over to pinch it, and the old woman who lives in the house next door says well, you can have the lettuce if you give me your child, and they agree to it. And if you put it into terms like this and imagine them in their semi-detached house agreeing to it all, it seems incredible.” Hockney enhanced this unbelievable quality with his illustrations which traverse inky, dense areas of intense crosshatching and minimalist line work. Rather than serving as direct interpretations of the plot, the images capture moments and feelings. Some portray the magic yet mundane -- Rapunzel's tiny face gazing placidly at a well-tended garden, or project danger and unease as in The Haunted Castle, with its citadel perched atop craggy rocks, dramatically lit against a dark sky. Hockney's sense of humor comes through in Cold Water About to Hit the Prince, in which a man tucked into bed stares straight at a rush of water drawn with a splash (this technique is likely Spit Bite, and the resultant bold spattered brushstroke contrasts beautifully with the rest of the carefully crosshatched image). A Wooded Landscape, with its lush textures, conveys the bucolic setting of a fairy tale and the potential danger hidden within the woods -- the viewer is left to wonder who lives on the hilltop in that diminutive cabin. These etchings defy the conventions of beautiful fairy tale illustrations...
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1960s Modern David Hockney Art

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Etching, Aquatint

The Boy hidden in a Fish (Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm)
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
Sheet from “The Little Sea Hare” story (from Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm) Text printed letterpress and “The Boy hidden in a Fish" e...
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1960s Modern David Hockney Art

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Etching, Aquatint

David Hockney at Castelli Graphics
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney David Hockney at Castelli Graphics, 1981 Offset Lithograph poster 20 × 16 inches Unframed Rare 1981 poster published on the occasion of the r...
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1980s Pop Art David Hockney Art

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Offset

David Hockney. 220 for 2020. Art Edition A No. 1–100 ‘Spilt Ink with Tests' 2021
By David Hockney
Located in Zug, CH
David Hockney David Hockney. 220 for 2020. Art Edition A No. 1–100 ‘Spilt Ink with Tests', 2021 11-color inkjet print on cotton-fiber archival paper 45.7 × 102.6 cm (18 × 40.4 in) Signed, numbered and dated Edition number 47 In mint condition Unframed Hockney made four different prints, each in an edition of 100, to accompany 400 copies of the book(s). Edition B is numbered, as here, 101-200. Edition A, C and D each have different images for each of their editions, numbered respectively, 1-100, 201-300, and 301-400. There were another 1,620 “collector edition” books numbered in Volume 1, numbered 401-2,200 From a small, picturesque farmhouse in the rich fields and meadows of the northern French region of Normandy, Hockney followed and recorded the changing seasons throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. For the past decade, Hockney’s medium of choice has been the iPad and it was this technological instrument, he used to spontaneously depict impressions of the Norman landscape surrounding him. The two-year project entitled “220 for 2020” documents the passage of time by portraying the first spring blossoms, the smell of summer, the saturated colours of autumn, and the stark shapes of dark branches in winter time. This poetic undertaking represented a lifeline for the artist, and offered its viewers a message of hope in unprecedented times. As part of this project, Hockney included drawings from his “La Grande Cour, Rumesnil, Normadie, 26 Juli 2019”, sketchbook. These almost autobiographical accounts started in the vicinity of the artist’s Los Angeles home...
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2010s American Realist David Hockney Art

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Archival Paper

220 for 2020 (Complete set of 4), David Hockney
By David Hockney
Located in Bristol, GB
11 & 8 colour inkjet prints on cotton fiber archival paper Edition of 100 (Each) 45.7 x 102.6 cm (print), 32 x 44.5 x 8 cm (blue book), 20.5 x 28.5 x 2 cm (black book) Signed and da...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary David Hockney Art

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Inkjet

220 for 2020. Art Edition D No. 301–400 ‘My Second Drawing of Beuvron-en-Auge’
By David Hockney
Located in Zug, CH
David Hockney 220 for 2020. Art Edition D No. 301–400 ‘My Second Drawing of Beuvron-en-Auge’, 2021 11-color inkjet print on cotton-fiber archival paper 45.7 × 102.6 cm (18 × 40.4 in) Signed, numbered and dated Edition number 347 In mint condition Unframed Hockney made four different prints, each in an edition of 100, to accompany 400 copies of the book(s). Edition D is numbered, as here, 301-400. Edition A, B and C, each have different images for each of their editions, numbered respectively, 1-100, 101-200, and 201-300. There were another 1,620 “collector edition” books numbered in Volume 1, numbered 401-2,200. From a small, picturesque farmhouse in the rich fields and meadows of the northern French region of Normandy, Hockney followed and recorded the changing seasons throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. For the past decade, Hockney’s medium of choice has been the iPad and it was this technological instrument, he used to spontaneously depict impressions of the Norman landscape surrounding him. The two-year project entitled “220 for 2020” documents the passage of time by portraying the first spring blossoms, the smell of summer, the saturated colours of autumn, and the stark shapes of dark branches in winter time. This poetic undertaking represented a lifeline for the artist, and offered its viewers a message of hope in unprecedented times. As part of this project, Hockney included drawings from his “La Grande Cour, Rumesnil, Normadie, 26 Juli 2019”, sketchbook. These almost autobiographical accounts started in the vicinity of the artist’s Los Angeles home...
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2010s American Realist David Hockney Art

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Archival Paper

1986 original poster of David Hockney, Images and thoughts for Vogue magazine
By David Hockney
Located in PARIS, FR
Very nice original poster of David Hockney, Images and thoughts for Vogue magazine at the Claude Bernard gallery. David Hockney was born in 1937 in Brad...
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1980s Cubist David Hockney Art

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Paper, Lithograph

David Hockney 'Christmas Card' 1990 Print
By David Hockney
Located in Miami, FL
David Hockney's 'Christmas Card' is a color laser print created in 1990. Decorated with beautiful colours, framed and in great condition. Please let u...
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1990s Contemporary David Hockney Art

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Color

David Hockney art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic David Hockney art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, yellow and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by David Hockney in lithograph, etching, paper and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the Pop Art style. Not every interior allows for large David Hockney art, so small editions measuring 6 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Jim Dine, Mel Ramos, and Yayoi Kusama. David Hockney art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at £60 and tops out at £200,274, while the average work can sell for £7,932.
Questions About David Hockney Art
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    David Hockney is known as an important artist in the pop art movement. His paintings and photo collages of Los Angeles swimming pools are what are most frequently referenced when talking about his works. Today David Hockney has moved into the digital art arena and continues to push artistic boundaries. Shop a selection of David Hockney pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A digital collage, much like the ones by artist David Hockney, can be made by taking many photographs from one place. Take your collection of photos to photoshop and work in the collage, but do not blend the images. Photoshop will put the images in layers and you can adjust them. You’ll want to adjust them and play with the color and shadow to get your own effect. Shop a selection of original Hockney pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    David Hockney was known for creating photo collages and photo montages. He would take polaroid photos and use the images to compose his patchwork of art. You can shop a selection of David Hockey’s pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    David Hockey was one of the first artists to use acrylics. He would paint large areas of one color, then would add finer details over top. Shop a selection of David Hockney’s pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.

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