Live Auction 1124Modern British Art Day Sale
David Hockney, R.A. (b. 1937)
Lot 162

David Hockney, R.A. (b. 1937)

Christopher Isherwood, Santa Monica

Closed11 July 2013

Price Realised

GBP 49,875

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David Hockney, R.A. (b. 1937)
Christopher Isherwood, Santa Monica
signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'Christopher Isherwood/Santa Monica/1968/DH.' (lower right)
pen and black ink
16½ x 13¾ in. (41.9 x 35 cm.)

with M. Knoedler & Co., New York.
with Waddington Galleries, London, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) was a British novelist, noted for his Berlin stories Goodbye to Berlin and Mr Norris Changes Trains. However he is perhaps best known for his 1964 novel A Single Man, which was adapted into a film of the same title in 2009.