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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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Medium: Photographic print

Edition size: 20

Year: 1982

Size: H 69cm x W 44cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of David Hockney's Billy Wilder Lighting His Cigar (signed) is estimated to be worth between £20,000 to £30,000. This photographic print, created in 1982, has an auction history of three total sales since its entry to the market in October 2005. Over the past five years, the average annual growth rate of this artwork is not available. The hammer price of this work has shown consistency, with an average return to the seller of £15,951. This work is part of a limited edition of 20.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
December 2021Sotheby's New York United States
February 2012Phillips London United Kingdom
October 2005Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom
May 1995Christie's New York United States

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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