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Bill And James II - Signed Print by David Hockney 1980 - MyArtBroker

Bill And James II
Signed Print

David Hockney

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 17

Year: 1980

Size: H 78cm x W 102cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of David Hockney's Bill And James II (signed) is estimated to be worth between £6,000 and £9,000. This lithograph print, created in 1980, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 4%. This work has an auction history of three total sales since its entry to the market in April 2005. In the last 12 months, the average selling price was £6,778, across a total of 1 artwork sold. Over the past five years, the average return to the seller has been £5,761. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 17.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
May 2025Lama United States
May 2010Freeman's United States
April 2005Bonhams San Francisco United States

Meaning & Analysis

As an artist reluctant towards commissioned portraits throughout his career, Hockney sought to capture something intimate about the personality of his sitters and chose to depict people who were close to him. Given its pared-down visual language and focus on the intimacy of the dialogue, Bill And James II can be seen to represent, what Hockney called in reference to Picasso’s portraits of Marie-Thérèse, a work of art about ‘the kind of intimate seeing.’

A fine detail of the wistful facial expressions reflects Hockney’s mastery of the printmaking technique, a medium that fascinated the artist from his early student days at the Royal College of Art. While faces of the two figures display precision and detail, the thin contours outlining the bodily postures are fragmented. The clarity of the image seems to fade deliberately in the bottom part of the print, urging the viewer to focus on what fascinated Hockney most: the depth and mystery of the human face.