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David Hockney Coloured Flowers Made of Paper and Ink For Sale
David Hockney
Coloured Flowers Made of Paper and Ink, 1991
Lithograph Signed and numbered in pencil lower right/left.
height 39 in height 99 cm
Edition
Edition of 50
About this work
David Hockney’s Coloured Flowers Made of Paper and Ink (1971) is a witty and playful still life that demonstrates his ability to reimagine a traditional subject with contemporary sharpness. At first glance, the work depicts a vase of flowers placed against a patterned gray grid background, yet a closer look reveals that the bouquet is not made of natural blooms but is instead an artifice—crafted, as the title suggests, from “paper and ink.”The flowers are rendered in crisp, flat hues: bright reds, blues, purples, and yellows, their delicate outlines contrasted with the rigidity of the geometric wallpaper behind them. The vase, thin and elongated, holds the arrangement almost precariously, emphasizing the constructed rather than organic nature of the scene. At the base of the composition, Hockney places a row of colored pencils and crayons, a direct reminder of the tools of artistic invention. This witty addition collapses the distinction between the act of creation and the illusion of reality: the flowers exist because of these simple instruments.Hockney’s background grid recalls the cool rationality of minimalism, but his handling of color and line is playful, lighthearted, and unmistakably his own. In reducing the natural beauty of flowers to hand-made and hand-colored forms, Hockney makes a commentary on perception, reproduction, and the artificiality of representation. The work balances charm and irony, situating itself between traditional still-life painting and postmodern skepticism about originality.Ultimately, Coloured Flowers Made of Paper and Ink is less about flowers themselves than about the act of looking and making. It reminds viewers that all depictions—no matter how lifelike—are constructions, mediated by paper, ink, and the artist’s hand. Would you like me to also expand this into a collector-focused piece that discusses its place in Hockney’s printmaking practice and its market significance?For more information or to buy Coloured Flowers Made of Paper and Ink (1971) by David Hockney, contact our galleries using the form below.
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Auction History
Coloured Flowers Made of Paper and Ink · David Hockney · Christie's · 2025-10 · $82,550
Coloured Flowers made of Paper and Ink · David Hockney · Bonhams · 2023-06 · $0
Coloured Flowers made of Paper and Ink (M.C.A. Tokyo 113; Scottish Arts Council 119) · David Hockney · Bonhams · 2023-06 · $68,939
Coloured Flowers Made of Paper and Ink (S.A.C. 119, M.C.A.T. 113) · David Hockney · Phillips · 2022-01 · $82,947
Coloured flowers made of paper and ink · David Hockney · Ketterer Kunst · 2017-06 · $54,099
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