ORIGINAL DAVID HOCKNEY PHOTOGRAPHS & PRINTS
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FOR SALE A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF DAVID HOCKNEY PHOTOGRAPHS OVER ONE HUNDRED STUNNING COLOUR NEGATIVES TAKEN BY HOCKNEY'S ASSISTANT MO McDERMOTT IN 1976. THE COLLECTION OFFERS A RARE INSIGHT INTO THE LIFE AND WORK OF ONE OF BRITAIN'S GREATEST LIVING ARTISTS. I ACQUIRED THE NEGATIVES IN 1985, AFTER A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE WAS GIVEN THE COLLECTION BY A LONDON GALLERY OWNER. AT THE TIME SHE WORKED FOR THE CORK STREET GALLERY AND SAVED THEM FROM BEING THROWN AWAY IN THE BIN. THE WORK COMPRISES OF MANY SHOTS OF HOCKNEY AT WORK IN HIS STUDIO IN LA, LOTS OF IMAGES OF SWIMMING POOLS AND MANY SHOTS OF HOCKNEY WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. ONE OF MY PARTICULAR FAVOURITES IS A PORTRAIT OF THE LEGENDARY HOLLYWOOD FILM DIRECTOR BILLY WILDER. AFTER MANY YEARS OF RESEARCH AND A LOT OF DETECTIVE WORK, I MANAGED TO DISCOVER, ALONG WITH THE HELP OF AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER SIDNEY B FELSEN, THAT THE PHOTOGRAPHER WAS MO McDERMOTT. MO WAS AN ARTIST IN HIS OWN RIGHT BUT UNFORTUNATELY LIVED IN THE SHADOW OF HIS FRIEND AND CONTEMPORARY, DAVID HOCKNEY. MO DIED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO AND LEFT NO NEXT OF KIN OR LEGAL ESTATE THAT LOOKS AFTER HIS WORK. AFTER TAKING LEGAL ADVICE THE COLLECTION IS DEEMED AN 'ORPHAN WORKS' WHERE NO RIGHTS OWNER HAS BEEN FOUND. ON COMPLETION OF SALE I SHALL SIGN OVER ALL RIGHTS TO THE WINNING BIDDER. I'VE DECIDED TO SELL THE COLLECTION
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