David Hockney's dachshund portrait put up for auction for £2.5m
The portrait of a dog, painted by the British artist David Hockney, who died in June at the 89th year of life, was put up for auction with an estimated cost of £1.5-2.5 million (from 167.2 million to 279.4 million rubles).
The portrait of a dog, painted by the British artist David Hockney, who died in June at the 89th year of life, was put up for auction with an estimated cost of £1.5-2.5 million (from 167.2 million to 279.4 million rubles), reports The Guardian.
Dog Painting 17 will be the first of the Hockney series to be auctioned. In total, the artist created more than 40 such works in 1994-1995.
The painting depicts the first Hockney dachshund named Stanley sleeping on a pillow. The artist chose her as a puppy in 1987 and named her after actor Stan Laurel. Later, Hockney had a second dachshund named Buji.
According to Christie’s, only six works in the series are in private collections, the rest are owned by the David Hockney Foundation. Dog Painting 17 will be auctioned on October 14.
Earlier, in November 2018, David Hockney’s painting “Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)” was sold at Christie’s auction in New York for a record $ 90.3 million.
