David Hockney. A Bigger Book. SUMO
$7,500.00
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A Bigger Book?!
The SUMO-sized David Hockney monograph is as spectacular in format as it is in scope. In it, the artist takes stock of more than 60 years of work, from his teenage days at the Bradford School of Art, through his breakthrough in the 1960s Swinging London, life by Los Angeles pools in the 1970s, up to his recent extensive series of portraits, iPad drawings, and Yorkshire landscapes.
He collaborated closely through all production stages and conceived of this book as a purely visual means of more than 450 works prefaced by a handwritten statement. As an artist who rarely looks back, the vast volume is as much his own personal review as it is a definitive record for art lovers all over the world. “I don’t tend to live in the past,” he comments, “Working on this book, I see quite how much I have done.”
The book’s portfolio is supplemented by an illustrated chronology of more than 600 pages, contextualizing Hockney’s art with drawings, graphic work, portrait photos, and text based on the artist’s own writings as well as contemporary reviews. A Bigger Book is presented on a Marc Newson bookstand.
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DETAILS:
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Collector's Edition of 9,000 copies (No. 1,001–10,000), each signed by David Hockney and with a Marc Newson bookstand.
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Contributing Editor: Hans Werner Holzwarth.
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Carbon neutral publisher from Cologne, Germany.
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Size: Hardcover, 50 x 70 cm, 498 pages, 13 fold-outs, plus an illustrated 680-page chronology book.
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Bookstand Size: Distance between each leg: 86 cm (34 in.) Platform: 78 x 62.5 cm (31 x 27 in.) Height when positioned horizontally: 90 cm (35 in.) Height when in display position: back 98 cm (39 in.), front 83 cm (33 in.).
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Edition: English.
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