At Bonhams we are proud to have introduced the first UK auction in 2005 dedicated to Britain's most celebrated living artist, David Hockney. We are delighted to revive and reframe the highly anticipated auction this summer, by focusing on "An Even Bigger Picture: David Hockney and Friends". This sale offers a personal glimpse into the artist's life and outstanding career. The auction highlights Hockney's prolific printmaking career together with contemporary creative makers, muses and collaborators from fellow students and mentors of the Royal College of Art in the 1960s to leading artists and friends who have accompanied him throughout his oeuvre. This sale includes an incredible array of intimate portraits including the sitters Ossie Clark, Peter Schlesinger, Ann Upton, Richard Hamilton, Albert Clark, among other influential figures in Hockney's life. This dedicated sale is a celebration of the artist's creative output, showcasing Hockney as a pioneer in pushing the boundaries of each medium and promoting ground-breaking techniques of printmaking, presenting established genres through a new lens irrespective of styles and traditions. The dedicated auction covers material across key genres; from iconic swimming pools (Lots 22-24), to the artist's longstanding fascination with still lifes (Lots 13-20), to investigations into portraiture (Lots 2-8; lot 12) and studies of perspectives and landscapes (Lots 25-28). Starting with well-established techniques of etching and lithography and moving on to his experimentation in photography and his iconic digital iPad drawings, this sale offers an opportunity to dive into Hockney's 'bigger picture'. Whilst Hockney continues to actively create, we are seeing a surge of interest in the early stages of his printmaking career in addition to his later iPad drawings, achieving exceptional results and solidifying his position as one of the most sought-after artists today. This is an exciting moment to present the sale with 2025 being the year to celebrate Hockney's origins and legacy, marked by the monumental retrospective exhibition held at Foundation Louis Vuitton (David Hockney 25, Paris) and Hockney's hometown Bradford being the UK City of Culture 2025.

Friends

Photography

Still Lifes

Perspectives

iPad Drawings

Swimming Pools

Storytelling

Theatre

Volumes

David Hockney R.A. (British, born 1937) Lithograph of Water Made of Lines and a Green Wash Lithograph in colours, 1978-80, on TGL handmade wove paper, signed, dated and numbered 15/36 in pencil (there were also 14 artist's proofs), printed and published by Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford, New York, with their blindstamp, the full sheet, framedImage 505 x 700mm (19 7/8 x 27 5/8in)Sheet 655 x 868mm (25 3/4 x 34 1/4in)

David Hockney R.A. (British, born 1937) My Shirt and Trousers iPad drawing in colours, 2010, printed on archival paper, signed, dated and numbered 8/25 in pencil, published by the artist, with his blindstamp, the full sheet, framedSheet 940 x 710mm (37 x 28in)

David Hockney R.A. (British, born 1937) Number one Chair, from the Moving Focus Series Lithograph and etching in colours, 1985-6, on HMP handmade paper, signed, dated and numbered 59/60 in pencil (there were also 27 artist's proofs), published by Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York, with their blindstamp, the full sheet, framedSheet 563 x 480 mm (22 1/8 x 18 3/4in)

David Hockney R.A. (British, born 1937) Pool Made with Paper and Blue Ink for Book Lithograph in colours, 1980, on Arches wove paper, signed, dated and numbered 233/1000 in pencil, published by Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York, with their blindstamp, the full sheet, framed; together with the accompanying book David Hockney: Paper Pools (as issued), within the original card slipcase, both stamped numbered 233, the book signed in red ink on the justification page, published by Thames & Hudson, LondonSheet 267 x 229mm (10 1/2 x 9in)(2)

David Hockney R.A. (British, born 1937) Untitled No.516, from A Bigger Book: Art Edition D iPad drawing in colours, 2010/2016, printed on archival paper, signed, dated and numbered 161/250 in pencil, co-published by the artist and Taschen, Cologne, with the artist's copyright blindstamp, the full sheet, framed; together with the publication A Bigger Book, signed in black ink and stamped numbered 0911 from the edition of 1000 on the justification page, and the accompanying Marc Newson standImage 435 x 330mm (17 x 13in)Sheet 560 x 432mm (22 x 17in)

David Hockney R.A. (British, born 1937) Untitled 468, from A Bigger Book: Art Edition C iPad drawing in colours, 2010/2016, printed on archival paper, signed, dated and numbered 223/250 in pencil, co-published by the artist and Taschen, Cologne, with their blindstamp, the full sheet, within the original blue fabric-covered portfolio; together with the publication A Bigger Book, signed in black ink and stamped numbered 0723 from the edition of 1000 on the justification page, and the accompanying Marc Newson standImage 435 x 330mm (17 1/8 x 13in)Sheet 560 x 432mm (22 x 17in)

David Hockney R.A. (British, born 1937) Maurice Etching with aquatint, scaping and burnishing, 1998, on Somerset textured wove paper, signed, dated and numbered 33/35 in pencil, printed by Maurice Payne, Los Angeles, co-published by the artist and Pace Editions Inc., New York, the full sheet, framedPlate 863 x 555mm (34 1/4 x 21 7/8in)Sheet 1114 x 770mm (43 7/8 x 30 3/8in)

David Hockney R.A. (British, born 1937) My Window, Art Edition No. 778, 17th April 2011 iPad drawing in colours, 2011/2019, printed on archival paper, signed, dated and numbered 91/250 in pencil, published by Taschen, Cologne, the full sheet, framedSheet 560 x 432mm (22 1/8 x 17in)

David Hockney R.A. (British, born 1937) Two Chairs and Rain on Window, from 220 for 2020 Inkjet in colours, 2019/2021, on Epsom paper, signed, dated and numbered 95/100 in pencil (there were also ten artist's proofs), published in 2021 by David Hockney Inc., UK, with the artist's blindstamp, the full sheet, within the original blue fabric-covered portfolio; together with the publication 220 for 2020 (as issued), stamped-number 0295/2020 on the dedication page, including the facsimile of two sketchbooks David Hockney - Los Angeles and La Grand Cour 2019, both housed within the original blue fabric-covered slipcase, published in 2021 by Taschen GmbH, Cologne; housed within the original cardboard packagingImage 925 x 330mm (36 7/8 x 13in)Sheet 1030 x 460mm (40 1/2 x 18in)(3)

David Hockney R.A. (British, born 1937) A Lot More of Ann Combing Her Hair Lithograph printed in black, 1979, on Japanese Toyoshi 50 paper, signed, dated and numbered 61/67 in red crayon, printed by Serge Lozingot and Anthony Zepeda, published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, with the artist's blindstamp and the publisher's blindstamp and inkstamp verso, the full sheet, framedSheet 1245 x 914mm (49 x 36in)

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