Picture Of A Landscape In An Elaborate Gold Frame, 2
Picture Of A Landscape In An Elaborate Gold Frame, 2
Signed Print
David Hockney
£2,400-£3,500 VALUE (EST.)
$4,400-$6,500 VALUE (EST.)
$4,050-$6,000 VALUE (EST.)
¥20,000-¥30,000 VALUE (EST.)
€2,750-€4,000 VALUE (EST.)
$23,000-$35,000 VALUE (EST.)
¥390,000-¥570,000 VALUE (EST.)
$2,950-$4,300 VALUE (EST.)
This estimate blends recent public auction records with our own private sale data and network demand.
Lithograph, 1965
Signed Print Edition of 85
H 38cm x W 30cm
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sotheby's Online - United Kingdom | Picture Of A Landscape In An Elaborate Gold Frame, 2 - Signed Print | ||||
| February 2020 | Wilson55 - United Kingdom | Picture Of A Landscape In An Elaborate Gold Frame, 2 - Signed Print | |||
| March 2019 | Christie's London - United Kingdom | Picture Of A Landscape In An Elaborate Gold Frame, 2 - Signed Print | |||
| April 2018 | Christie's New York - United States | Picture Of A Landscape In An Elaborate Gold Frame, 2 - Signed Print | |||
| December 2015 | Aspire Auctions - United States | Picture Of A Landscape In An Elaborate Gold Frame, 2 - Signed Print | |||
| December 2012 | Christie's London - United Kingdom | Picture Of A Landscape In An Elaborate Gold Frame, 2 - Signed Print | |||
| April 2009 | Ketterer Kunst Hamburg - Germany | Picture Of A Landscape In An Elaborate Gold Frame, 2 - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
Picture Of A Landscape In An Elaborate Gold Frame by David Hockney is a signed lithograph dating to 1965. Part of the series named A Hollywood Collection, it is accompanied by five other prints of similar style and subject. Here we see Hockney employing the trompe l’oeil device to produce a ‘play within a play’ effect that he had been experimenting with in earlier prints and paintings and would return to throughout his career. The work is ostensibly a representation of a tree however the viewer is distanced from the subject by the elaborate gold frame of the title which suggests we are looking at a picture of a picture of a tree. In this way Hockney refers back to the old masters before him by using a trope from art history to give the impression that we are being shown the fictional collection of a Hollywood star, at the same time offering a meta commentary on representation and collecting. This deliberate artifice is then juxtaposed with the natural element of the tree. As well as being a striking print the work hints at Hockney’s playful side, his admiration for the lineage of artists that came before him and his desire to see himself as part of a canon.
