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Lot 51 · Snowdon: A Life in Art and Objects

David Hockney, 1963

Lord Snowdon · chromogenic print

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Estimate
£1,000–£2,000 hammer ≈ $1,276–$2,553
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Snowdon: A Life in Art and Objects, London · 24 September 2020
Dimensions
in. (33.2 x 22 cm.)
Record ID
TB-2026-3609136
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Lord Snowdon, David Hockney, 1963. Christie's, 24 Sep 2020, lot 51. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3609136.

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From the same sale Snowdon: A Life in Art and Objects · Sep 2020

LotArtistEstimateResult
The Bottle Coaster with Stamp of Mappin and Webb, London, 20Th Century LORD SNOWDON'S COCKTAIL SHAKERS: SIX SILVER-PLATED COCKTAIL ACCESSORIES £1,000–£2,000
By Oliver Messel (1904-1978), Circa 1920S, for a C.b.cochran Production OLIVER MESSEL'S MASK FOR A COCHRAN PRODUCTION: A WHITE-PAINTED PLASTER CLASSICAL THEATRICAL MASK £1,200–£1,800
19Th Century OLIVER MESSEL'S LUSTRES FROM PELHAM PLACE: A PAIR OF VICTORIAN GILT-BRASS AND CUT-GLASS TWO-LIGHT LUSTRES £1,000–£2,000
Portrait of Oliver Messel (1904-1978) aged seventeen William Bruce Ellis Ranken R.I., V.P.R.O.I., R.P. (1881-1941) £3,000–£5,000
19Th-20Th Century TWO CHINESE POTTERY FAHUA FIGURES £800–£1,200
By L.&h. Nathan Ltd., Haymarket, London, 1932 LORD SNOWDON'S PAGEBOY OUTFIT FOR THE WEDDING OF LINLEY MESSEL, 1932:A MINIATURE UNIFORM OF AN OFFICER OF THE MIDDESEX YEOMANRY £300–£500

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Henry Moore Bird in Hand Sotheby's, Mar 2024
Laurence Stephen Lowry R.a. Francis Terrace, Salford Bonhams, Dec 2021
David Hockney My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean (S.A.C. 13; MCA Tokyo 29) Sotheby's, Nov 2023
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