Pretty Tulips
Pretty Tulips
Signed Print
David Hockney
£16,000-£24,000
$30,000-$45,000 Value Indicator
$28,000-$40,000 Value Indicator
¥150,000-¥220,000 Value Indicator
€19,000-€28,000 Value Indicator
$160,000-$240,000 Value Indicator
¥3,020,000-¥4,530,000 Value Indicator
$20,000-$30,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Lithograph
Edition size: 200
Year: 1969
Size: H 73cm x W 51cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2023 | Sotheby's Online - United Kingdom | Pretty Tulips - Signed Print | |||
| September 2023 | Phillips London - United Kingdom | Pretty Tulips - Signed Print | |||
| April 2023 | Christie's New York - United States | Pretty Tulips - Signed Print | |||
| June 2022 | Bonhams New Bond Street - United Kingdom | Pretty Tulips - Signed Print | |||
| December 2021 | Bonhams New Bond Street - United Kingdom | Pretty Tulips - Signed Print | |||
| June 2021 | Bonhams New Bond Street - United Kingdom | Pretty Tulips - Signed Print | |||
| September 2017 | Christie's London - United Kingdom | Pretty Tulips - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
A round blue vase sits on what appears to be a glass table, spilling out tulips in shades of bright and pale pink from its elegant neck. The leaves of the flowers complement and frame these blooms, fanning out across the centre of the composition. The vase is reflected or merely recreated in shadow on the surface of the table offering a visual symmetry to the composition that makes it all the more striking. The background is characteristically bare for a Hockney still life as detail is reserved for the flowers themselves and the decoration on the vase which recalls some of the artist’s swimming pool prints.
A signed lithograph, Pretty Tulips sees Hockney returning to a subject which had already captivated the first decade of his career. Throughout his extensive oeuvre we are faced with flowers and still lifes and the artist shows no sign of stopping; today he tends to produce digital prints rather than lithographs but his obsession for natural beauty is relentless. With this pastel palette we are reminded of his digital print Untitled No.329 where green and pink act as gorgeous complements to each other.
