HOCKNEY (David). - Lot 201

HOCKNEY (David). David Hockney. A Bigger Book. Cologne: Taschen, [2016]. - In-plano, 500 x 700. Publisher's illustrated boards in illustrated dust jacket, original lectern by Marc Newson. " TASCHEN's first SUMO edition devoted to a painter, A Bigger Book is a grandiose visual retrospective of the works of David Hockney. The artist looks back over sixty years of work, from his teenage years at art school to his recent series of portraits, iPad drawings and Yorkshire landscapes. Never before has Hockney's work been the subject of such an exhaustive publication, enriched by such an investment by the artist and on such a striking, immersive scale" (publisher's presentation). This monumental work was published by Hans Wener Holzwarth and comes with an original lectern signed by Australian artist-designer Marx Newson. It contains hundreds of beautiful color reproductions on nearly 500 pages, 13 of which are fold-outs.10,000 copies were printed, this one of 9,000 numbered from 1001 to 10000.680 pages without the illustrated chronology of the artist's work, but complete with the book-sized presentation brochure.perfectly preserved copy.