Editions I | An Even Bigger Picture

David Hockney & Friends

25 June 2025 | starting at 13:30 BST

At Bonhams we are proud to have introduced the first UK auction in 2005 dedicated to Britain's most celebrated living artist, David Hockney. We are delighted to revive and reframe the highly anticipated auction this summer, by focusing on "An Even Bigger Picture: David Hockney and Friends". This sale offers a personal glimpse into the artist's life and outstanding career. The auction highlights Hockney's prolific printmaking career together with contemporary creative makers, muses and collaborators from fellow students and mentors of the Royal College of Art in the 1960s to leading artists and friends who have accompanied him throughout his oeuvre. This sale includes an incredible array of intimate portraits including the sitters Ossie Clark, Peter Schlesinger, Ann Upton, Richard Hamilton, Albert Clark, among other influential figures in Hockney's life.

This dedicated sale is a celebration of the artist's creative output, showcasing Hockney as a pioneer in pushing the boundaries of each medium and promoting ground-breaking techniques of printmaking, presenting established genres through a new lens irrespective of styles and traditions. The dedicated auction covers material across key genres; from iconic swimming pools (Lots 22-24), to the artist's longstanding fascination with still lifes (Lots 13-20), to investigations into portraiture (Lots 2-8; lot 12) and studies of perspectives and landscapes (Lots 25-28). Starting with well-established techniques of etching and lithography and moving on to his experimentation in photography and his iconic digital iPad drawings, this sale offers an opportunity to dive into Hockney's 'bigger picture'.

Whilst Hockney continues to actively create, we are seeing a surge of interest in the early stages of his printmaking career in addition to his later iPad drawings, achieving exceptional results and solidifying his position as one of the most sought-after artists today. This is an exciting moment to present the sale with 2025 being the year to celebrate Hockney's origins and legacy, marked by the monumental retrospective exhibition held at Foundation Louis Vuitton (David Hockney 25, Paris) and Hockney's hometown Bradford being the UK City of Culture 2025.

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Editions I | An Even Bigger Picture

Auction highlights

Lot gallery

1AR — Geoffrey Reeve(British, 1936)David Hockney at the Royal College of Art 1960

2 — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Complete Prints, Galerie Mikro, Berlin, 1968

3AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Peter

4AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Ossie and Mo

5*,AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Portrait of Richard Hamilton

6AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Mo with Five Leaves

7*,AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Albert Clark, 1979, from A Series of Hand Drawn Lithographs from 1979-1980

8AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)A Lot More of Ann Combing Her Hair

9AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Glass Table with Objects

10AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Picture of a Landscape in an Elaborate Gold Frame, from A Hollywood Collection

11AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Hollywood Bowl (Title Page), from A Hollywood Collection

12AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Maurice

13AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Sunflower I

14AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Sunflower II

15*,AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Pretty Tulips

16AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Lillies, from Europäische Graphik No 7

17*,AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Untitled No.516, from A Bigger Book: Art Edition D

18*,AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Untitled 468, from A Bigger Book: Art Edition C

19AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Untitled No.329, from A Bigger Book: Art Edition A

20AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)My Window, Art Edition No. 778, 17th April 2011

21AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Hockney's Pool, Hollywood Hills, 1978 (Ashtray)

22AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Olympische Spiele München 1972

23AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Pool Made with Paper and Blue Ink for Book

24*,AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Lithograph of Water Made of Lines and a Green Wash

25AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Still Life with Hats, from Twenty Photographic Pictures by David Hockney

26AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Number one Chair, from the Moving Focus Series

27AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Two Chairs and Rain on Window, from 220 for 2020

28AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)My Shirt and Trousers

29AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Rapunzel

30AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)The Boy Hidden in an Egg, from Six Fairy Tales From the Brothers Grimm

31AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)It Picks its way, from The Blue Guitar

32AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Homage to Michelangelo, from 'Omaggio a Michelangelo'

33AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)David Hockney: An Exhibition of Costume Drawings and Set Designs

34AR — David Hockney R.A.(born 1937)Costume for the soprano in Ravel's "L'Enfant et Les Sortileges"

35AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Hockney Paints the Stage

36AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)Venice Art Walk

37• — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)David Hockney by David Hockney

38• — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)My Window

39AR — David Hockney R.A.(British, born 1937)A Bigger Book

40AR — Peter Anderson(British, born 1954)Peter Blake & David Hockney

41AR — Peter Anderson(British, born 1954)David Hockney photographed in Nottingham

42AR — Peter Anderson(British, born 1954)David Hockney in front of 'Physique' painting

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1^AR —
Geoffrey Reeve
(British, 1936)
David Hockney at the Royal College of Art 1960

2 —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Complete Prints, Galerie Mikro, Berlin, 1968

3^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Peter

4^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Ossie and Mo

5^*,AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Portrait of Richard Hamilton

6^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Mo with Five Leaves

7^,AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Albert Clark, 1979, from A Series of Hand Drawn Lithographs from 1979-1980*

8^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
A Lot More of Ann Combing Her Hair

9^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Glass Table with Objects

10^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Picture of a Landscape in an Elaborate Gold Frame, from A Hollywood Collection

11^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Hollywood Bowl (Title Page), from A Hollywood Collection

12^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Maurice

13^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Sunflower I

14^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Sunflower II

15^*,AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Pretty Tulips

16^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Lillies, from Europäische Graphik No 7

17^,AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Untitled No.516, from A Bigger Book: Art Edition D*

18^,AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Untitled 468, from A Bigger Book: Art Edition C*

19^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Untitled No.329, from A Bigger Book: Art Edition A

20^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
My Window, Art Edition No. 778, 17th April 2011

21^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Hockney's Pool, Hollywood Hills, 1978 (Ashtray)

22^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Olympische Spiele München 1972

23^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Pool Made with Paper and Blue Ink for Book

24^*,AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Lithograph of Water Made of Lines and a Green Wash

25^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Still Life with Hats, from Twenty Photographic Pictures by David Hockney

26^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Number one Chair, from the Moving Focus Series

27^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Two Chairs and Rain on Window, from 220 for 2020

28^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
My Shirt and Trousers

29^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Rapunzel

30^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
The Boy Hidden in an Egg, from Six Fairy Tales From the Brothers Grimm

31^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
It Picks its way, from The Blue Guitar

32^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Homage to Michelangelo, from 'Omaggio a Michelangelo'

33^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
David Hockney: An Exhibition of Costume Drawings and Set Designs

34^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(born 1937)
Costume for the soprano in Ravel's "L'Enfant et Les Sortileges"

35^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Hockney Paints the Stage

36^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
Venice Art Walk

37^• —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
David Hockney by David Hockney

38^• —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
My Window

39^AR —
David Hockney R.A.
(British, born 1937)
A Bigger Book

40^AR —
Peter Anderson
(British, born 1954)
Peter Blake & David Hockney

41^AR —
Peter Anderson
(British, born 1954)
David Hockney photographed in Nottingham

42^AR —
Peter Anderson
(British, born 1954)
David Hockney in front of 'Physique' painting