On 15 November 2019, with this painting Hockney cemented his placement within the realm of history’s most venerated artists, and became the most valuable living artist ever sold at auction. ‘The first was a photo by Julius Shulman of Case Study House #21, and the other was AMG’s Physique Pictorial.’ The house in question is a fluid, mid-century modernist glass and steel building nestled in the Hollywood Hills, while Physique Pictorial  was a male fitness publication known for homoerotic photography. Mo Mc Dermott stood in for Peter, and John St Clair was the swimmer. The Yorkshireman was in his mid-twenties, and the city’s private backyard swimming pools provided him with a space in which he was free to explore the male figure — in both real and pictorial terms. It can be any colour and it has no set visual description,’ Hockney has said. Jack Hazan’s film, A Bigger Splash, has helped Portrait of an Artist to become one of the most well-informed canvas of David Hockney. frame . In Pool and Steps, Le Nid du Duc, the sandals are Peter’s. Get the best stories from Christies.com in a weekly email, *We will never sell or rent your information. From lifelike portraits of friends and family like his "My Parents" to more abstract depictions of figures like "We Two Boys Together Clinging", you'll find loads of Hockney portraits to add something new to your home. From Seoul Auction, MADSAKI, Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) II (Inspired by David Hockney) (2020), Offset Print, 56 × 80 cm ( Déconnexion /  Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) has been listed as a level-5 vital article in Arts. ‘David Hockney’s brilliance as an artist is on full display with this monumental canvas, which encapsulates the essence of the idealised poolside landscape, and the tremendous complexity that exists within human relationships.’ says Alex Rotter, Co-Chairman Post-War and Contemporary Art. The water is really clear with a transparent effect. [10] It was acquired in 1983 by the American billionaire David Geffen, who sold it to British billionaire Joe Lewis in 1995 at an undisclosed price. It represents different hills and mountains that David Hockney could have seen in the south of France. Just one diagonal : the diving board. Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) is a large acrylic-on-canvas pop art painting by British artist David Hockney, completed in May 1972.It measures 7 ft × 10 ft (2.1 m × 3.0 m), and depicts two figures: one swimming underwater and one clothed male figure looking down at the swimmer. He began at that time painting with oils. Unless otherwise attributed, all quotes are by David Hockney. Portrait of an Artist is linked with his break up with Peter Schlesinger. One of the most iconic images in the artist’s oeuvre, David Hockney’s Portrait of an Artist ( Armed with his Pentax camera, Hockney travelled to a villa outside Saint-Tropez, where he staged hundreds of photographs following his original composition using an assistant and friend in an idyllic pool setting. In the summer, Hockney keeps busy sketching while traveling to Baden-Baden, Nice, and Corsica with Henry Geldzahler and Nicky Rea. [4], The painting was originally sold to James Astor and his wife in 1972 for $18,000 ($108,000 2018 equivalent[citation needed]). Unless otherwise noted, all artwork © David Hockney. He had an affair with David Hockney before Peter. In fact, it was so clear that the vanishing point was bang in the middle of the canvas .... What I was struggling to do, was to make a very clear space. [12][13][14][15] The sale broke the previous record for a living artist of $58 million for Jeff Koons' Balloon Dog (Orange) in 2013 and more than tripled the record for a work by Hockney, $28.5 million for Pacific Coast Highway and Santa Monica set in May 2018. The year 1972 was a very productive year for Hockney, as he threw himself into his work to escape from his unhappiness, often working 14 or 15 hours a day. As a gay man, he was also a fan of the beefcake magazine Physique Pictorial, which was published in Los Angeles. I couldn’t alter the water section and it was impossible to adjust it, so I decided to repaint the picture completely. Hockney is also well known for the many portraits he has painted throughout his career. So I struggled on and on and fiddled with it .… After about four months, it dawned on me what was wrong: it was the angle of the pool which was causing me all the problems. In November 2018, it sold for US$90.3 million, the highest price ever paid at auction for a painting by a living artist. [16] The highest known prices for a painting by a living artist in private sales are for two paintings by Jasper Johns (born 1930): in 2006, Kenneth C. Griffin bought Johns' False Start for about $80 million ($101 million in 2019) from David Geffen,[17] and in 2010 Steven A. Cohen bought Johns' 1958 Flag for around $110 million (equivalent to $129 million in 2019) from Leo Castelli's son. Hockney's studio assistant, Mo McDermott, recreated the pose of the downcast man, while a young photographer, John St Clair, was the swimmer. The show attracted almost half a million people, becoming Tate’s most visited exhibition ever. [2] He painted a series of double portraits from 1968 to 1977, including American Collectors (Fred and Marcia Weisman) (1968, Art Institute of Chicago), and Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy (1971, Tate Gallery). I literally finished the painting the night before it had to be sent off to the exhibition. 霍克尼）_P ,dated 2020, Enter the Dragon II (inspired by Robert Clouse), Mona Lisa 3P (inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci), 1.

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