Two Vases Of Cut Flowers And A Liriope Plant
Two Vases Of Cut Flowers And A Liriope Plant
Signed Print
David Hockney
£7,000-£10,500 VALUE (EST.)
$13,000-$19,000 VALUE (EST.)
$12,000-$18,000 VALUE (EST.)
¥60,000-¥90,000 VALUE (EST.)
€8,000-€12,000 VALUE (EST.)
$70,000-$100,000 VALUE (EST.)
¥1,120,000-¥1,680,000 VALUE (EST.)
$8,500-$13,000 VALUE (EST.)
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Lithograph, 1979
Signed Print Edition of 98
H 107cm x W 150cm
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sotheby's Online - United Kingdom | Two Vases Of Cut Flowers And A Liriope Plant - Signed Print | ||||
| March 2023 | Christie's New York - United States | Two Vases Of Cut Flowers And A Liriope Plant - Signed Print | |||
| October 2021 | Doyle New York - United States | Two Vases Of Cut Flowers And A Liriope Plant - Signed Print | |||
| April 2021 | Christie's New York - United States | Two Vases Of Cut Flowers And A Liriope Plant - Signed Print | |||
| January 2021 | Phillips London - United Kingdom | Two Vases Of Cut Flowers And A Liriope Plant - Signed Print | |||
| October 2019 | Sotheby's New York - United States | Two Vases Of Cut Flowers And A Liriope Plant - Signed Print | |||
| July 2018 | Christie's New York - United States | Two Vases Of Cut Flowers And A Liriope Plant - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
Two Vases Of Cut Flowers And A Liriope Plant is a signed lithograph published in an edition of 78 as part of the 1979 Gemini portfolio, David Hockney’s second collaboration with the celebrated LA print workshop. While the rest of the series is concentrated on a handful of his friends, here Hockney chooses to depict a classic subject from the history of art, and his own oeuvre, the still life. Cut flowers feature heavily throughout his portraits as well as being sitters in their own right throughout much of his career and here we see his love for presenting plants and flowers in interiors or staged tableaux, as if to highlight or explore the contrast between the natural and the artificial it evokes. As well as the juxtaposition of inside and outside, there is further contrast between the flowers and the plant. While the tulips are neatly arranged in a tall vase the liriope plant spills over its basket, like a messy head of hair, as if to emphasise the human need to control nature. Here the plant refuses to be tamed or neatly enclosed, and becomes almost as unruly as a human subject, dominating the composition with its anthropomorphised personality.
