Premium pages left without account:

Auction archive: Lot number 27

David Hockney

Estimate
US$450,000 - US$550,000
Price realised:
US$869,000
Auction archive: Lot number 27

David Hockney

Estimate
US$450,000 - US$550,000
Price realised:
US$869,000
Beschreibung:

PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED WEST COAST COLLECTOR David Hockney The Eighteenth V.N. Painting 1992 oil on canvas 36 x 48 in. (91.4 x 121.9 cm.) Signed, titled and dated "David Hockney 92 The Eighteenth VN Painting" on the reverse.
Provenance Annely Juda Fine Art, London Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York Catalogue Essay “If you see the world as beautiful, thrilling and mysterious, as I think I do, then you feel quite alive.” - David Hockney “People said that the new paintings had a three-dimensional look. I feel that is true, in the sense that they have two spatial dimensions – vertical and horizontal – and that the third dimension is of course time, the time you give a picture when you look at it and it pulls you in and moves you round and you therefore become aware of taking time.” (The artist in That’s the way I see it, London, 1993, p. 234) The undulating, vibrant forms of David Hockney’s The Eighteenth V.N. Painting transcend the boundaries of both space and time, capturing the visceral experience of abstraction. One of the twenty-six works that comprise the artist’s Very New Paintings series from 1992, the present work radiates with kaleidoscopic energy, inviting the viewer to perceive and mold his own animated, exotic landscape. Both a departure from and continuation of Hockney’s prior practice, The Very New Paintings are a material and theoretical manifestation of the artist’s experience in theatre and opera set design, synthesized with imagery of the bright, dynamic California landscapes so dominant in Hockney’s work in the 1960’s and early 1970s. Echoing the abstract landscapes that Hockney created for productions of Die Frau ohne Schatten and Turandot, The Eighteenth V.N. Painting also challenges traditional concepts of depth perception and perspective in a manner evocative of early modern masters such as Pablo Picasso and Vincent Van Gogh in his Van Gogh’s Bedroom in Arles (Paris, Musée d’Orsay). Hockney’s painterly experimentation in The Very New Paintings partially derives from his philosophical awareness of “...nature both in its physical forms and in its invisible forces” (ibid, p. 236). Highly stylized, the bold, spherical contours found in The Eighteenth V.N. Painting awaken the senses, balancing the work’s intangible, seductive energy with an impressive exploration of textural elements. Informed by Hockney’s earlier fax drawings in which textural representations supplanted the use of color and form, the present painting unifies these visual and transcendent elements, suggesting corporeality without certainty; the artist implicitly welcomes the viewer into the painting, encouraging an exploration of the “internal landscape.” Read More

Auction archive: Lot number 27
Auction:
Datum:
11 Nov 2013
Auction house:
Phillips
New York
Beschreibung:

PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED WEST COAST COLLECTOR David Hockney The Eighteenth V.N. Painting 1992 oil on canvas 36 x 48 in. (91.4 x 121.9 cm.) Signed, titled and dated "David Hockney 92 The Eighteenth VN Painting" on the reverse.
Provenance Annely Juda Fine Art, London Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York Catalogue Essay “If you see the world as beautiful, thrilling and mysterious, as I think I do, then you feel quite alive.” - David Hockney “People said that the new paintings had a three-dimensional look. I feel that is true, in the sense that they have two spatial dimensions – vertical and horizontal – and that the third dimension is of course time, the time you give a picture when you look at it and it pulls you in and moves you round and you therefore become aware of taking time.” (The artist in That’s the way I see it, London, 1993, p. 234) The undulating, vibrant forms of David Hockney’s The Eighteenth V.N. Painting transcend the boundaries of both space and time, capturing the visceral experience of abstraction. One of the twenty-six works that comprise the artist’s Very New Paintings series from 1992, the present work radiates with kaleidoscopic energy, inviting the viewer to perceive and mold his own animated, exotic landscape. Both a departure from and continuation of Hockney’s prior practice, The Very New Paintings are a material and theoretical manifestation of the artist’s experience in theatre and opera set design, synthesized with imagery of the bright, dynamic California landscapes so dominant in Hockney’s work in the 1960’s and early 1970s. Echoing the abstract landscapes that Hockney created for productions of Die Frau ohne Schatten and Turandot, The Eighteenth V.N. Painting also challenges traditional concepts of depth perception and perspective in a manner evocative of early modern masters such as Pablo Picasso and Vincent Van Gogh in his Van Gogh’s Bedroom in Arles (Paris, Musée d’Orsay). Hockney’s painterly experimentation in The Very New Paintings partially derives from his philosophical awareness of “...nature both in its physical forms and in its invisible forces” (ibid, p. 236). Highly stylized, the bold, spherical contours found in The Eighteenth V.N. Painting awaken the senses, balancing the work’s intangible, seductive energy with an impressive exploration of textural elements. Informed by Hockney’s earlier fax drawings in which textural representations supplanted the use of color and form, the present painting unifies these visual and transcendent elements, suggesting corporeality without certainty; the artist implicitly welcomes the viewer into the painting, encouraging an exploration of the “internal landscape.” Read More

Auction archive: Lot number 27
Auction:
Datum:
11 Nov 2013
Auction house:
Phillips
New York
Try LotSearch

Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!

  • Search lots and bid
  • Price database and artist analysis
  • Alerts for your searches
Create an alert now!

Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.

Create an alert