DAVID HOCKNEY
PIERRE SAINT-JEAN 1984
Charcoal on paper
Dimensions: 30” x 22 3/8”
Framed size 33“ x 25“
Signed with the artist’s initials and dated May 84
Stamped on a label affixed to the backing board © David Hockney
PIERRE SAINT-JEAN
The French critic and art historian Pierre Saint-Jean first sat
for Hockney after conducting an interview with him in 1983. Hockney produced a series
of five portraits of him (see below) the following summer, initiating an ongoing
personal and working relationship. The portrait being offered by e-fineart.com is
one from the series of only five portraits. These drawings were subsequently shown
in Dialogue avec Picasso at the Musée Picasso, Paris in 1999. Saint-Jean has been
responsible for translating several Hockney catalogues into French. He also make
a film about the artist with Monique Lajournade, David Hockney in Perspective (1998),
which explores the artist’s work in the setting of his Los Angeles home and studio.
PROVENANCE
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired
by the previous owner from the above
Indirectly acquired from the previous owner by
E-FINEART.COM
$50,000
