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The Drooping Plant - Signed Print by David Hockney 1986 - MyArtBroker

The Drooping Plant
Signed Print

David Hockney

£6,500-£9,500Value Indicator

$13,000-$19,000 Value Indicator

$11,500-$17,000 Value Indicator

¥60,000-¥90,000 Value Indicator

8,000-11,500 Value Indicator

$60,000-$90,000 Value Indicator

¥1,240,000-¥1,810,000 Value Indicator

$8,000-$12,000 Value Indicator

11% AAGR

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Medium: Digital Print

Edition size: 46

Year: 1986

Size: H 28cm x W 22cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of David Hockney's The Drooping Plant (signed) is estimated to be worth between £6,500 and £9,500. This digital print artwork, created in 1986, has shown consistent value growth, with an impressive average annual growth rate of 11%. This work has an auction history of nine total sales since its entry to the market on 3rd May 2000. In the last 12 months, the hammer price has ranged from £6,000 in March 2022 to £8,064 in September 2022. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 46.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
September 2022Christie's London United Kingdom
January 2021Phillips London United Kingdom
March 2020Christie's London United Kingdom
October 2019Sotheby's New York United States
July 2018Christie's New York United States
November 2013Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom
November 2012Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Never one to shy away from embracing the digital, Hockney began experimenting with photocopiers in 1986 in a bid to become more independent in his printmaking practice. Rather than using a plate or a stone, photocopying freed Hockney from the restrictions and complications of etching and lithography and allowed him to scan in drawings and marks, as well as found objects, allowing him to play instantly with scale, colour and texture. Here we see him combining the manual and the digital to brilliant effect, as the dropping leaves of the plant are rendered in languorous, watery brushstrokes which contrast with the tight pattern of the wallpaper behind and the grain of the vase and table.

Rendered in monochrome the plant is further offset by the brick red of the background, recalling the earlier print series, A Rake’s Progress where Hockney also allowed red and black to dominate the scenes. Leaving areas of blank space he creates a negative shadow effect which adds further depth to the composition and draws our eye in despite the flatness of the medium. Speaking of his love for the photocopier, the artist said, “I can work with great speed and responsiveness. In fact this is the closest I’ve ever come in printing to what it’s like to paint: I can put something down, evaluate it, alter it, revise it, reexamine it, all in a matter of seconds.”

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