Four Part Splinge
Four Part Splinge
Signed Print
David Hockney
£50,000-£70,000 VALUE (EST.)
$90,000-$130,000 VALUE (EST.)
$80,000-$120,000 VALUE (EST.)
¥420,000-¥590,000 VALUE (EST.)
€60,000-€80,000 VALUE (EST.)
$480,000-$670,000 VALUE (EST.)
¥8,110,000-¥11,360,000 VALUE (EST.)
$60,000-$90,000 VALUE (EST.)
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Planographic print, 1993
Signed Print Edition of 48
H 125cm x W 168cm
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2022 | Bonhams Los Angeles - United States | Four Part Splinge - Signed Print | |||
| April 2019 | Christie's New York - United States | Four Part Splinge - Signed Print | |||
| October 2017 | Wright - United States | Four Part Splinge - Signed Print | |||
| April 2015 | Christie's New York - United States | Four Part Splinge - Signed Print | |||
| October 2013 | Christie's New York - United States | Four Part Splinge - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
Combining lithography and screen printing across multiple sheets, Four Part Splinge is one of the most striking in the Some New Prints series. With its serene blue background and biomorphic shapes it recalls Picasso's paintings of abstracted figures on the beach. Hockney had long been fascinated with Cubism and its ability to diffuse and refract perspective to become fragmented. In earlier series such as his photo collages and Moving Focus he had experimented with employing multiple perspectives in order to represent how his eye truly sees, or how he, as he put it, ‘feels space’. With this work space is clearly felt; despite being a planographic print the work feels strongly three dimensional and dynamic, its whole surface suffused in movement and vitality, the contrasting colours adding to the sense of fantasy and dreamlike visions. He combines the sunny palette of California with the Cubist aesthetic, combining a series of marks and effects, from gestural brushstrokes to washes of ink, in order to create a bricolage of techniques and influences that reflects the progression of his style and his mastery of the medium of print at this point in his career. Published over 30 years after his earliest etchings, this series points to Hockney’s constant evolution as an artist which shows no signs of slowing down as he continues to embrace digital technologies today.
