Peter Struycken (b. 1939)
Lot 267 THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE LORD AND LADY JOHN CHOLMONDELEY: A DAVID HICKS INTERIOR LOTS 267- 301

Twenty years ago the late, lovely Melissa Wyndham said to me ‘You do know Cristina Cholmondeley lives in a sort of David Hicks museum, don’t you?’ so I went to have a look and sure enough, absolutely nothing had changed since 1965 when my father created this wonderfully stylish duplex apartment overlooking Hyde Park. It was a little faded here and there, but the rooms were exactly as photographed for French style bible L’Oeil 35 years before. Cristina had sold a big Hockney to pay for a new Hicks carpet, the old one having worn out, but kept everything else. I went back there last year and took some final photographs of the place, picturesquely faded, but still ineffably chic after 54 years.

Ashley Hicks - 2020

Peter Struycken (b. 1939)

Wetmatig veranderende begerzing

Closed19 March 2020

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Peter Struycken (b. 1939)
Wetmatig veranderende begerzing
lacquer on acrylic
39 3/5 x 39 3/5 in. (100 x 100 cm.)
Executed circa 1966.

with McRoberts & Tunnard, London, 22nd September 1967, where acquired.