Lot 160 , Adam Birtwistle, (b. 1959), '(10) Hockney, 2002, 2002/2015'

§ Adam Birtwistle ((b. 1959))
'(10) Hockney, 2002, 2002/2015'
a portrait of David Hockney,
monogrammed, signed and dated in pencil,
pencil and red ink on paper,
76.8cm x 56cm

Provenance: A distinguished private collection

In 2001, Adam Birtwistle visited David Hockney in his studio, the meeting of two extraordinary and inventive minds. The following year, as a result of the studies Birtwistle made during this meeting, he painted two portraits of Hockney. One was purchased by The Berger Collection, Denver Art Museum, Colorado, and the other by Glyndebourne Opera House, for whom Hockney created many stage sets, and hangs alongside Birtwistle's portraits of Sir George and Lady Christie, and Sir Peter Hall in the dining hall.

£1,000-2,000