French Shop
French Shop
Signed Print
David Hockney
£4,100-£6,000Value
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$8,000-$11,500 Value Indicator
$7,000-$10,000 Value Indicator
¥35,000-¥50,000 Value Indicator
€4,800-€7,000 Value Indicator
$40,000-$60,000 Value Indicator
¥750,000-¥1,090,000 Value Indicator
$5,000-$7,500 Value Indicator
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Medium: Intaglio
Format: Signed Print
Year: 1971
Size: H 53cm x W 45cm
Edition size: 500
Signed: Yes
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The value of David Hockney’s French Shop (signed) is estimated to be worth between £4,150 to £6,000. This piece of art has been sold in the United Kingdom, United States, and Germany. There have been 9 sales at auction in the last 12-months. During the last five-year period, the hammer price ranges from £1,984 in September 2019 to £10,000 in December 2021. The average annual growth rate of this work is 6%. This work, created in 1971 and realised through the medium of Intaglio, has sold 67 times at auction since its initial sale in October 1997. The edition size of this work is limited to 500.
Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2023 | Rosebery's Fine Art Auctioneers - United Kingdom | French Shop - Signed Print | |||
| October 2023 | Sworders - United Kingdom | French Shop - Signed Print | |||
| October 2023 | Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions, Bloomsbury House - United Kingdom | French Shop - Signed Print | |||
| September 2023 | Christie's London - United Kingdom | French Shop - Signed Print | |||
| September 2023 | Phillips London - United Kingdom | French Shop - Signed Print | |||
| June 2023 | Forum Auctions London - United Kingdom | French Shop - Signed Print | |||
| June 2023 | Rosebery's Fine Art Auctioneers - United Kingdom | French Shop - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
French Shop is a signed print by British artist David Hockney. It was issued in an edition of 500 in 1971. Depicting the muted exterior of a French shop, it is an example of Hockney’s bold approach to etching and his signature use of cross-hatching.
French Shop is a signed print by British artist David Hockney from 1971 - the year in which Hockney completed his iconic painting, Mr. And Mrs. Clark And Percy, depicting lifelong friend and muse, Celia Birtwell, and her then husband, Ossie Clark. It depicts the exterior of a French grocery shop visited by Hockney during his travels in southwestern France in the same year. A bold, hard-edged shop sign bearing the words ‘ALIMENTATION’ echoes the simple lines of the shop roof, its windows, and what appears to be a chain link fly screen hung across its entrance. The architectural focus of the work mimics some of the artist’s most iconic pieces, including A Bigger Splash (1967), a painting sure to include the stylish forms of Modernist architecture, typical of Los Angeles, in its background. Hockney’s fascination with organic forms also permeates the piece, with its depiction of a cactus-like plant recalling both the artist's California home, and the vegetal focus of the Home Made Prints series. French Shop also makes an extended use of the cross-hatching characteristic of Hockney’s many etchings, evoking the rigid forms of the artist’s set designs for a 1975 showing of The Rake’s Progress, as seen in his poster print, An Exhibit Of Costumes (1975) – part of the Hockney And The Stage series.
