David Hockney lithograph of Hollywood pals to be auctioned in single-owner sale in Yorkshire today
Today’s single-owner sale from Tennants Auctioneers; Line, Colour & Form, includes a collection of mid to late 20th century paintings, prints ceramics and sculpture.
Gathered on artistic merit rather than by a particular artist, specialist Francesca Young said it resulted in a “disparate yet harmonious collection”.
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Hide AdAmong the lots set to gather significant attention is a lithograph entitled ‘Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy’, by Bradford-born favourite David Hockney, with a guide price of £6,000 to £8,000.
Isherwood was an English writer best known for his semi-autobiographical novel Goodbye to Berlin, on which the musical Cabaret was based. Meeting his American artist partner Bachardy in 1952, the couple had broken convention to live together as an openly gay couple in a time when Hollywood was still deeply closeted.
Hockney, for whom portraiture has been a constant throughout his career, had become friendly with the couple when they were neighbours in California.
Other pieces include Carlos Nadal’s Vacances en France, signed, inscribed and dated 1984, with a guide price of £7,000 to £10,000 plus buyer’s premium, and Sydney Harpley’s ‘Girl on a Swing’.
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Hide AdHarpley was known for his depictions of the solitary female form, and throughout his career he returned to it time and again, be it in the guise of an acrobat, a dancer, or a girl on a swing.
Some of his bronzes are found in international collections and this bronze sculpture, measuring 62cm tall, has an estimate of £5,000 to £7,000.
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