David Hockney's infamous glass table.

This  table first appeared in 1967 in an ink sketch,  'A Glass Table with Glass Objects'.

Other drawings would follow, including a drawing, 'Glass Table with Objects', currently held in the Tate collection, London (and in the related edition published the same year by Petersburg Press).

It then appeared again in three major paintings, widely considered amongst David Hockney's masterpieces:

'Henry Geldzahler and Christopher Scott' (1969)

'Still Life on a Glass Table' (1971)

'Portrait of David Webster' (1971)

It remained in his studio from this period - visible in his autobiographical documentary A Bigger Splash (1971–1973) - until at least 1980, when it appears in the background of a television interview with Fran Morrison, covered with papers, books and two vases.

It was during these years that the friendship between the artist and Ann and David Graves flourished. Hockney had met Ann in 1960 and she modelled for him on several occasions. On 19th September 1975, David was introduced to the artist at the premiere of The Rake's Progress, for which Hockney had designed the sets and costumes.

In the early 1980s, David and Ann moved to the United States where David worked as Hockney's official assistant. The couple married in Hawaii in 1983, with Hockney photographing the wedding and producing a photographic collage and drawings of the occasion.

After many years assisting Hockney, David and Ann retired in 2013 to Sherborne, Dorset. Ann died in 2017, followed by David in 2019. Their estate, including numerous prints and photographs by Hockney, was auctioned in Hampshire in 2020, on which occasion the previous owner acquired the table.