Walking Past Two Chairs
Walking Past Two Chairs
Signed Print
David Hockney
£50,000-£80,000
$100,000-$160,000 Value Indicator
$90,000-$140,000 Value Indicator
¥460,000-¥730,000 Value Indicator
€60,000-€100,000 Value Indicator
$490,000-$790,000 Value Indicator
¥9,740,000-¥15,590,000 Value Indicator
$60,000-$100,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Lithograph
Edition size: 38
Year: 1986
Size: H 71cm x W 116cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Christie's New York - United States | Walking Past Two Chairs - Signed Print | |||
| May 2021 | Sotheby's New York - United States | Walking Past Two Chairs - Signed Print | |||
| April 2018 | Phillips New York - United States | Walking Past Two Chairs - Signed Print | |||
| October 2017 | Wright - United States | Walking Past Two Chairs - Signed Print | |||
| September 2017 | Christie's London - United Kingdom | Walking Past Two Chairs - Signed Print | |||
| March 2017 | Christie's London - United Kingdom | Walking Past Two Chairs - Signed Print | |||
| April 2015 | Christie's New York - United States | Walking Past Two Chairs - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
Two chairs with woven seats and curliculed backs sit next to a table. A blue vase holds two stamps of pink flowers in full bloom. This captivating composition brings together many of the themes Hockney has returned to throughout his career, from the still life, to studies of chairs and flowers. But here something is off. The artist deliberately plays with perspective to make the scene a disorienting one; the seats of the chairs appear distorted, as if seen from a sharp angle, the floorboards have been cut up and rearranged to appear fragmented and uneven. The whole scene is tilted towards us, as if to exaggerate the viewpoint and unsettle the viewer. Including screen printing as well as lithography, Walking Past Two Chairs is a softer toned version of many of the other studies of chairs and interiors in the Moving Focus series. Dominated by pale yellows, blues and greens it recalls a summer afternoon. Dating from 1984 to 1986 Moving Focus sees Hockney embracing Cubist influences in his work, as well as incorporating lessons from his earlier photographic collage series in which he also played with presenting multiple viewpoints in the same image.
