Nicholas Wilder
Nicholas Wilder
Signed Print
David Hockney
£5,500-£8,500 VALUE (EST.)
$10,500-$16,000 VALUE (EST.)
$9,000-$14,000 VALUE (EST.)
¥50,000-¥80,000 VALUE (EST.)
€6,500-€10,000 VALUE (EST.)
$50,000-$80,000 VALUE (EST.)
¥960,000-¥1,480,000 VALUE (EST.)
$7,000-$10,500 VALUE (EST.)
This estimate blends recent public auction records with our own private sale data and network demand.
Lithograph, 1976
Signed Print Edition of 95
H 84cm x W 61cm
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Forum Auctions London - United Kingdom | Nicholas Wilder - Signed Print | |||
| February 2012 | Christie's London - United Kingdom | Nicholas Wilder - Signed Print | |||
| July 2011 | Christie's New York - United States | Nicholas Wilder - Signed Print | |||
| April 2008 | Christie's New York - United States | Nicholas Wilder - Signed Print | |||
| February 2008 | Christie's New York - United States | Nicholas Wilder - Signed Print | |||
| November 2007 | Christie's London - United Kingdom | Nicholas Wilder - Signed Print | |||
| December 2004 | Lempertz, Cologne - Germany | Nicholas Wilder - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
Printed as an edition of 95 at the famous Gemini print workshop in LA, where Hockney collaborated closely with Kenneth Tyler, this work was published in 1975 as part of the Friends portfolio of lithographs. Along with the curator Henry Geldzahler, the model Joe MacDonald and the writer Christopher Isherwood, Nicholas Wilder is a notable figure among this collection. Pictured sitting cross legged in an armchair with one arm slung across the back of it Wilder gives an immediate impression of confidence. Despite the ease of his pose his eyes are averted as if avoiding those of the viewer, or the artist. Staring off into the middle distance he appears preoccupied or distracted. Beside him is a strangely ordered arrangement of pencils on a table, an unusual prop for this series which mostly comprises vases of flowers or potted plants as counterpoints to the sitter. The props enhance the artifice of the setting which was arranged at the print studio, rather than in the sitter or artist’s home, and by turns the very nature of a portrait as a way to capture a moment of stillness from life.
