20th Oct, 2018 10:30 GMT/BST
Modern & Contemporary Art
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David Hockney OM, CH, RA (b.1937) ''Stanley and Boodgie Sitting by the Sea'' Fax, dated 16th...
David Hockney OM, CH, RA (b.1937)
"Stanley and Boodgie Sitting by the Sea"
Fax, dated 16th July 1993, 24 pieces of A4 paper, together with a key, 128cm by 144cm
Provenance: The vendor was a friend of Hockney's brother and taught at a school in Harrogate. The vendor and his class faxed Hockney in Los Angeles to wish him happy birthday and he faxed 24 pages in return with a note thanking them for their letters and drawings.
Throughout the late 1980's and 90's Hockney embraced the use of the fax machine to send art faxes to his friends and family. Always a pioneer of modern technology, he was excited at the immediacy of the machine and the opportunity to create "art for the masses" in the wake of digital technology.
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See illustration
Sold for £5,500
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000
Time staining/oxidisation to each of the sheets, particularly the margins.
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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 20th Oct, 2018
Modern & Contemporary Art
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