Eclectic | New York
Eclectic | New York
Lot Closed
May 1, 07:11 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
DAVID HOCKNEY
b. 1937
CANAL AND ROAD, KYOTO, FEB. 19, 1983
signed, titled and dated Feb. 19th 1983
photographic collage mounted to board
Board: 59½ by 76¼ in. (151.1 by 193.7 cm.)
Executed in 1983, this work is number 5 from an edition of 10.
Often celebrated as one of the most beloved and prolific artists of our time, David Hockney is renowned for his relentless curiosity and inventiveness, exploring new techniques, technologies, and ways of constructing images up to the cusp of his ninth decade. Though predominately a painter, photography has played an integral role in Hockney’s practice since the 1960s. Realizing that the decisive moment captured in most photographs presents a static view that is contrary to how we actually see the world, he began using a Polaroid SX-70 camera to create multiple views of subjects in instantaneous prints that he then assembled into collages, like the present work. Similar “joiners” as he calls them can be found in the collections of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; The Art Institute of Chicago; and the Milwaukee Art Museum.