Property from an Important American Private Collection
David Hockney
b. 1937
A Bigger Wave
signed, titled and dated March 1989 (on the reverse)
oil on canvas, on four joined panels
60 by 72 ¼ in.
152.4 by 183.5 cm.
Executed in 1989.
Condition Report
Provenance
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Mexico (acquired by 1992 from the above)
Acquired from the above in 2013 by the present owner
Literature
Clare Henry, “A celebration for art and the city,” The Herald, 30 March 1990 (text) (online)
Nikos Stangos, ed., David Hockney: That’s the Way I See It, London, 1993, no. 230, p. 196, illustrated in color
Peter Clothier, David Hockney, New York, 1995, no. 117, p. 93 (text) and p. 118, illustrated
Exhibited
Los Angeles, L.A. Louver and Honolulu, The Contemporary Museum, David Hockney - 72 New Pictures, December 1989 - March 1990, no. 28, n.p., illustrated in color
Glasgow, McLellan Galleries, Glasglow’s Great British Art Exhibition, March - May 1990, illustrated in color (on the cover) and pp. 13-14 (text)
New York, André Emmerich Gallery, David Hockney: Things Recent, December 1990 - January 1991, n.p., illustrated in color
Madrid, Fundación Juan March, David Hockney, September - December 1992, no. 62, p. 89, illustrated in color