Name: Portrait Of Mother II
Brand: David Hockney
Rating: 5 (236 reviews)

Track auction value trend

The value of David Hockney’s Portrait Of Mother II (signed) is estimated to be worth between £14,000 and £21,000. This lithograph print, created in 1986, has shown consistent value growth since its first sale in November 2019. This is a rare artwork with an auction history of two total sales. The hammer price for this work in the last five years has ranged from £11,475 in November 2019. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 20.

Meaning & Analysis

In contrast to the first portrait of Hockney’s mother in the Moving Focus series, Portrait Of Mother II shows the artist experimenting with the Cubist influence that runs throughout the portfolio. Here he has chosen to depict his mother sleeping in an armchair, her head tilted to the side, her hands crossed in her lap. While at first glance it appears like a traditional portrait, the artist has added a block of colour to her face which throws the perspective off balance and recalls Picasso’s cubist portraits. Despite this unexpected element the work remains a tender portrait, its soft colours and marks making it stand out from the brashness of some of the other works in this series. The blue of his mother’s jumper perfectly complements the white of her collar and the brown back of her chair. Here we see Hockney working deftly with the medium of lithography, recreating his natural painting and drawing style on stone to produce a vivid work that both looks back at art history and claims its own style.