Two Vases In The Louvre
Two Vases In The Louvre
Signed Print
David Hockney
£28,000-£40,000
$60,000-$90,000 Value Indicator
$50,000-$70,000 Value Indicator
¥260,000-¥370,000 Value Indicator
€30,000-€45,000 Value Indicator
$280,000-$400,000 Value Indicator
¥5,190,000-¥7,410,000 Value Indicator
$35,000-$50,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Etching
Edition size: 75
Year: 1974
Size: H 74cm x W 74cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2022 | SBI Art Auction | Japan | |||
| October 2022 | Christie's New York | United States | |||
| July 2021 | Christie's New York | United States | |||
| June 2021 | Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris | France | |||
| June 2020 | Shapiro Auctioneers | Australia | |||
| May 2019 | Swann Galleries | United States | |||
| April 2019 | Phillips New York | United States |
Meaning & Analysis
While many of Hockney’s still lifes denote a domestic setting here the artist has chosen to depict two vases in perhaps the most famous museum in the world, the Louvre. Here these great urns, presumably antique, are placed in front of a large window, or pair of french doors, through which a beautiful diffused light illuminates the scene. The vases are lacking in detail and while the print is named after them it almost seems as if Hockney was more interested in demonstrating the effect of this light on the scene rather than the objects themselves. In this way the work differs greatly from many of the still lifes Hockney produced in this period which see him bestowing his attention on the details of flowers, books, vegetables and even pens. The work is also a masterclass in etching, showing Hockney’s ability to masterfully combine colours in this medium and to create effects of light and shadow, surface and depth, which feels a million miles away form his earliest etchings or series such as A Rake’s Progress, which, while striking in their compositions, are more uniform in effect.
