David Hockney

£3,750-£5,500Value
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3% AAGR

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The value of David Hockney’s Celia, a signed etching from 1969, is estimated to be worth between £3,750 and £5,500. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 3%. There have been 15 total sales since its entry to the market in April 2006. In the last 12 months, the average selling price was £3,530, across 2 sales. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £3,200 in September 2023 to £3,861 in November 2023. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 75.

Auction Date

Auction House

Artwork

Hammer Price

Return to Seller

Buyer Paid

November 2023

Sotheby's Online - United Kingdom

Celia - Signed Print

September 2023

Phillips London - United Kingdom

Celia - Signed Print

October 2020

Van Ham Fine Art Auctions - Germany

Celia - Signed Print

May 2018

Swann Auction Galleries - United States

Celia - Signed Print

December 2016

Bonhams New York - United States

Celia - Signed Print

September 2015

Christie's London - United Kingdom

Celia - Signed Print

April 2014

Christie's London - United Kingdom

Celia - Signed Print

Meaning & Analysis

Published in 1969, just a year before Celia Birtwell would become the model for perhaps Hockney’s most famous double portrait, Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy, Celia is a striking etching of the designer who remains a close friend of the artist. Unlike later lithograph portraits here Birtwell is portrayed in a clean line drawing, which belies the medium of etching. She wears a similar style of empire line dress as that of the painting except that this one is covered in a lively pattern, presumably of her own design. She appears to be looking slightly above the artist and refuses to meet our gaze, her expression distant, her cheeks a little gaunt in contrast with her full figure which suggests she may be pregnant. Her feet are shown in elegant ballet pumps and she sits on a wooden chair that is barely seen. Her features are instantly recognisable as those of An Image Of Celia from the much later Moving Focus series; here she is undoubtedly younger and yet a little more preoccupied. The work is beautifully simple and shows Hockney’s ability to transfer his drawings to the etching plate, as with the Brothers Grimm series of the same year in which complex scenes and characters are depicted with a simple line.