Rare sale of David Hockney painting of beloved dog Stanley could fetch £2.5m
Photograph: David Hockney/Christie’sView image in fullscreenDavid Hockney’s Dog Painting 17, 1995. “This is such an exciting painting for us,” said Tessa Lord, Christie’s head of postwar and contemporary art. “The rarity is kind of extraordinary.”The painting is titled Dog Painting 17 and shows Hockney’s first dachshund, Stanley, curled up on a cushion, fast asleep.
- ▪Photograph: David Hockney/Christie’sView image in fullscreenDavid Hockney’s Dog Painting 17, 1995.
- ▪“This is such an exciting painting for us,” said Tessa Lord, Christie’s head of postwar and contemporary art.
- ▪“The rarity is kind of extraordinary.”The painting is titled Dog Painting 17 and shows Hockney’s first dachshund, Stanley, curled up on a cushion, fast asleep.
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David Hockney’s Dog Painting 17, 1995. Photograph: David Hockney/Christie’sView image in fullscreenDavid Hockney’s Dog Painting 17, 1995. Photograph: David Hockney/Christie’sDavid HockneyRare sale of David Hockney painting of beloved dog Stanley could fetch £2.5mExclusive: Dog Painting 17 is believed to be one of only six of works from Dog Series in private hands and first to be auctionedMark Brown North of England correspondentSat 26 Sep 2026 03.00 EDTLast modified on Sat 26 Sep 2026 03.01 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleDavid Hockney adored his dachshunds Stanley and Boodgie and let them run riot – so much so that after one had an accident in the LA home of the actor Dennis Hopper, the painter is said to have quipped: “It’ll be dry in the morning, luv, and you can just pick it…
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