Sold for: $21,250

PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Ontario

LITERATURE
David Hockney, The David Hockney Foundation, https://thedavidhockneyfoundation.org, accessed April 1, 2020

In 1979, British artist David Hockney partnered with printmakers Gemini G.E.L. on a series of lithographs of his good friend and muse Celia Birtwell. Birtwell was a textile designer and was the wife of Ossie Clark, an established fashion designer in London during the 1960s and 1970s. Hockney is quoted as saying, “Celia is one of the few girls I know really well. I don’t bother getting the likeness in her face because I know it so well. She has many faces and I think if you looked through all the drawings I’ve done of her, you’d see that they don’t look alike.” In comparing this work with Celia - Weary, lot 006 in this session, this print illustrates this sentiment. The variation he captured is quite remarkable, as he conveys her expression with so few strokes. This work and others like it, are a symbol of friendship at its finest, one that has lasted over half a century, and continues to this day.

This work was published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, and was produced in an edition of 100 plus 16 AP.

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