Name: Portrait Of Felix Mann
Brand: David Hockney
Rating: 5 (233 reviews)

Track auction value trend

The value of David Hockney’s Portrait Of Felix Mann (signed) is estimated to be worth between £1,100 and £1,650. This lithograph print, created in 1969, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 1%. This work has an auction history of 22 total sales since its entry to the market in June 2000. In the past 12 months, the average selling price was £1,000, with a total of 1 work sold. Over the last five years, the hammer price has varied from £678 in November 2020 to £2,600 in March 2021. The average annual growth rate of this work is 1%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 65.

Auction Date

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Location

Hammer Price

Return to Seller

Buyer Paid

October 2024

Sworders

United Kingdom

November 2023

Sotheby's Online

United Kingdom

November 2023

Sotheby's Online

United Kingdom

October 2022

Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris

France

April 2022

Sworders

United Kingdom

May 2021

Cornette de Saint Cyr Brussels

Belgium

March 2021

Rosebery's Fine Art Auctioneers

United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Portrait Of Felix Mann is a signed lithograph by British artist David Hockney, and is a part of the artist’s Portraits series. Issued in 1969 in an edition of 65, this lithograph depicts German photographer and journalist, Felix Mann.

Felix Mann, the subject of this lithograph, was a German journalist and photographer, as well a scholar and well-known connoisseur of prints. Hockney depicted him again in another lithograph of the same year, in a similar pose but depicted en face, entitled The Connoisseur. Mann emigrated to Britain in 1934 and would be acquainted with Hockney years later. Building up a reputable, extensive collection of prints during his lifetime, Mann’s collection now resides in the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. As aforementioned, in this lithograph Mann is sitting side on to the viewer with a stern pose. Much like the portraits of Mo McDermott and John Kasmin, Mann’s features are executed in greater detail whilst his suit and surrounding details are rendered more hastily, with crude, sweeping marks. The almost exaggerated shading around Mann’s face adds a solemn air to his countenance.