Lot 379: * Bachardy (Don, b.1934). "Isherwood", mixed

* Bachardy (Don, b.1934). "Isherwood", mixed media, incl. watercolour, gouache, coloured chalks, and gold paint, incorporating over-painted printed collage, of Christopher Isherwood depicted as a reclining nude, signed by Isherwood in lower right-hand corner, 33.5 x 51.3cm (13.25 x 20.25ins), framed and glazed. Born in Los Angeles, Don Bachardy was the life partner of writer Christopher Isherwood, whom he met on Valentine's Day 1953, when he was 18 and Isherwood was 48. They remained together until Isherwood's death in 1986. Much of the public attention garnered by Bachardy has been the result of this relationship, but Bachardy's talent has earned him considerable success in his own right, as evidenced by his frequent solo exhibits, inclusion in many museum collections, and numerous reproductions and collections of his work. Nonetheless, Bachardy himself has acknowledged that the encouragement and support of Isherwood - the most frequent subject of his drawings and paintings - helped him gain the confidence to become a full-time artist. (1)
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