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Billy Wilder Lighting His Cigar - Signed Print by David Hockney 1982 - MyArtBroker

Billy Wilder Lighting His Cigar
Signed Print

David Hockney

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69 x 44cm, Edition of 20, Photographic print

Medium: Photographic print

Edition size: 20

Year: 1982

Size: H 69cm x W 44cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: December 2021

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December 2021
Sotheby's New York
United States
N/A
N/A
N/A
February 2012
Phillips London
United Kingdom
October 2005
Bonhams New Bond Street
United Kingdom
May 1995
Christie's New York
United States
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The value of David Hockney’s Billy Wilder Lighting His Cigar (signed) is estimated to be worth between £18,000 and £27,000. This photographic print from 1982 has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 4%. This is a rare artwork with an auction history of three total sales since its entry to the market in October 2005. The hammer price over the past five years has ranged from £15,951 in July 2022 to £15,951 in July 2022. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 20.

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Meaning & Analysis

This photo collage consists of six separate images of Wilder pieced together against a pastel pink background. The use of the analogue film contributes to the formal beauty of the composition as it renders the scene in deep tones of red and orange. A glass of red wine and warm shades of Wilder’s surroundings match the pink background, recalling the vibrant aesthetics of Hockney’s early interior paintings. Against a natural inclination to search for the most central image, the playful composition urges the viewer to study the collage up and down. A sense of scene progression ensues from the movement of our eyes across the image. Because differences between images are subtle, scanning parts of the collage quickly seems to put the central figure and their bodily language in motion. The amalgamation of static images captures the passing of time as we seem to witness the progression of the scene from lighting a cigarette to the moment of smoking. Hockney would speak of his collages as ones, in which space is an illusion as opposed to time. According to the artist, “Time is accounted for in the number of pictures. You know it took time to take them, wait for them, put them down.”

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