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 Price $50,000
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