That’s me in the £45m Hockney! The man in the masterpiece relives sitting for David back in the heady LA party days ⊕⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
- David ■■■
- LA ■■■
- California ■■■
- Christopher Isherwood ■■■
- Don Bachardy ■■■
- Truman Capote ■■
- Bachardy ■■■
- British ■■■■
- Adelaide Drive ■■
- Santa Monica ■■
- Isherwood ■■
- Johnny Carson ■■
- Bette Davis ■■
- Marlene Dietrich ■■
- Laurence Olivier ■■
- Rock Hudson ■■
- Igor Stravinsky ■■
- Elton John ■■
- Tennessee Williams ■■
- Capote ■■
It was a landmark moment in queer art, painted when homosexuality was illegal in California. As this famous painting of Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy goes under the hammer, the surviving sit…