{"id":2134881,"date":"2026-09-08T19:11:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T16:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2134881"},"modified":"2026-09-08T19:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T16:11:17","slug":"clive-daviss-warhol-hockney-paintings-head-to-christies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2134881","title":{"rendered":"Clive Davis&#8217;s Warhol, Hockney Paintings Head to Christie&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2259328692.jpg?w=1024&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"a-content a-content--offset lrv-a-floated-parent lrv-u-font-family-body lrv-u-line-height-normal lrv-u-font-size-18 lrv-u-position-relative\">\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEight paintings from the collection of Clive Davis, the famed record producer who died this past June, will head to Christie\u2019s during the November sales in New York. They are some of the first major consignments to those sales, and they are worth a total of more than $35 million. (Christie\u2019s has not yet released individual estimates for each work.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThose eight works include a ca. 1986 painting of Andy Warhol painting of Aretha Franklin, the singer whom Davis befriended and supported professionally; a 2009 landscape by David Hockney, who once painted Davis\u2019s portrait; and a 1992 abstraction by Joan Mitchell. There are also works by Frank Stella, George Condo, and Robert Motherwell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cClive Davis had the unique ability to recognize and cultivate great talent in its most nascent phase,\u201d Sara Friedlander, Christie\u2019s chairman of postwar and contemporary art, said in a statement. \u201cThrough the generational musical voices that he nurtured, he created the soundtrack to all our lives, his legacy has been with us at all our greatest moments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDavis, who worked with musicians ranging from Bruce Springsteen to Alicia Keys, was not previously known as a major art collector. However, Christie\u2019s release about the works consigned from Davis\u2019s collection appeared to suggest he had had a longtime interest in art.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe release included a statement attributed to Davis: \u201cI am extraordinarily passionate about art, and I am always learning about it. I spend hours going through auction house catalogs, reading about the artists and their work. I\u2019m guided by what moves me, what I find beautiful, what I find exciting. The process of discovering something new always excites me.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/77602169_dotcom.jpg?w=400\" alt=\"A painting of a woman&apos;s head outlined in yellow and pink.\" height=\"1192\" width=\"1200\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-font-size-12 lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-padding-tb-025\"><span class=\"lrv-u-font-size-14@desktop\">Andy Warhol, <em>Aretha Franklin<\/em>, ca. 1986.<\/span><cite class=\"lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-grey\">Courtesy Christie\u2019s<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/clive-davis-warhol-hockney-paintings-christies-1234797524\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2259328692.jpg?w=1024&#8243;] Eight paintings from the collection of Clive Davis, the famed record producer who died this past June, will head to Christie\u2019s during the November sales in New York. They are some of the first major consignments to those sales, and they are worth a total of more than $35 million. 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