David Hockney's Montblanc

[catbert]

One of the images from an article about his latest New Yorker cover. Some interesting bottles of ink too.

[RobJohnson]

Thanks for posting. although I couldn't navigate the article very well, I am sure it was down to my computer.

I have been collecting Hockney since 1970, although he is the last person I would have thought would be using an MB.

[catbert]

Thanks for posting. although I couldn't navigate the article very well, I am sure it was down to my computer.

I have been collecting Hockney since 1970, although he is the last person I would have thought would be using an MB.

Surprised me a bit too. In my head he got it decades ago, the investment in lasting quality justifying the expense to a Yorkshireman.

[Sandy]

Thanks for posting. although I couldn't navigate the article very well, I am sure it was down to my computer.

I have been collecting Hockney since 1970, although he is the last person I would have thought would be using an MB.

There's a Hockney exhibition coming up in London in March

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhi.../david-hockney

[RobJohnson]

Thanks for posting. although I couldn't navigate the article very well, I am sure it was down to my computer.

I have been collecting Hockney since 1970, although he is the last person I would have thought would be using an MB.

Surprised me a bit too. In my head he got it decades ago, the investment in lasting quality justifying the expense to a Yorkshireman.

Are those Windsor and Newton drawing inks next to the MB?

[Ole Juul]

Where does it talk about a pen or inks? I searched for the article for "ink", "pen", "mont" and "blanc", and none of those terms occur in the article. What am I missing?

[Sandy]

The pen on the table in the foreground of the picture has an impression of a pen, with a snowflake on the cap.

[catbert]

Thanks for posting. although I couldn't navigate the article very well, I am sure it was down to my computer.

I have been collecting Hockney since 1970, although he is the last person I would have thought would be using an MB.

Surprised me a bit too. In my head he got it decades ago, the investment in lasting quality justifying the expense to a Yorkshireman.

Are those Windsor and Newton drawing inks next to the MB?

And Sennelier? (based on a partial label). Hope he's not using any in the MB.

[Pterodactylus]

The drawing doesn’t impress me at all, it seems he had his peak quite a while ago.

What is impressive is how high his pieces are traded, the art collector market isn’t rational, once you have a name/reputation you can sell everything.

Thanks for sharing.

[Chuck Naill]

That MB looks fake....LOL!!

[catbert]

That MB looks fake....LOL!!

Definitely sketchy ...