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- David Hockney
- Hockney's Alphabet
David Hockney
Hockney's Alphabet
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.000 USD
Price realised: 8.064 USD
Price realised: 8.064 USD
Description
1991
The complete book including 26 lithographs in colors, on Exhibition Fine Art Cartridge paper, with full margins, with full text and title page, the sheets bound (as issued) in quarter vellum with handmade Fabriano Roma paper boards, housed in the original grey slipcase.
13 1/2 x 10 x 1 1/4 in. (34.3 x 25.4 x 3.2 cm)
Signed by the artist and most contributors in ink and numbered '187' in black ink on the justification page, from the edition of 250 (there was also an edition of 26 lettered A-Z and an edition of 24 in Roman numerals), published by Faber & Faber, London.
The complete book including 26 lithographs in colors, on Exhibition Fine Art Cartridge paper, with full margins, with full text and title page, the sheets bound (as issued) in quarter vellum with handmade Fabriano Roma paper boards, housed in the original grey slipcase.
13 1/2 x 10 x 1 1/4 in. (34.3 x 25.4 x 3.2 cm)
Signed by the artist and most contributors in ink and numbered '187' in black ink on the justification page, from the edition of 250 (there was also an edition of 26 lettered A-Z and an edition of 24 in Roman numerals), published by Faber & Faber, London.
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Hockney's Alphabet by David Hockney was auctioned at Phillips in New York in April last year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 2,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at USD 8,064.00 (€ 7,653.03). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by David Hockney achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Nichols Canyon in December 2020 with an auction result of USD 41,067,500.00 (€ 33,579,313.16).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Hockney's Alphabet von David Hockney im April letzten Jahres bei Phillips in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 2.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 8.064,00 (€ 7.653,03) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von David Hockney erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Nichols Canyon im Dezember 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 41.067.500,00 (€ 33.579.313,16).