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David Hockney
Celia in a Wicker Chair, 1974
Etching in colors
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14
David Hockney
Celia in a Wicker Chair, 1974
Etching in colors
Current bid:
€ 5,500 Estimate:
€ 6,000 - 8,000Bids:
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09-15-26 09:06:00 New York
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09-15-26 06:06:00 Los Angeles (18 days, 14h:29m)
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David Hockney
1937 - 2026
Celia in a Wicker Chair. 1974.
Etching in colors with aquatint,.
Signed, dated, and numbered. From an edition of 60 copies. On BFK Rives wove paper (with the watermark). 68.5 x 54.2 cm (26.9 x 21.3 in). Sheet: 90,5 x 75,2 cm (35,6 x 29,6 in).
Published by Petersburg Press, London. [KA].
• Using the sophisticated linework and shadowing of the aquatint technique, David Hockney creates a portrait of masterful draftsmanship.
• David Hockney is not only a great painter but also an outstanding printmaker.
• This portrait depicts Celia Birtwell, the wife of Hockney’s longtime friend, the fashion designer Ossie Clark.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from Galerie Tanit, Munich, in 1981).
In the family’s possession ever since.
The portrait depicts Celia Birtwell, the wife of Hockney’s longtime friend and fashion designer Ossie Clark. The two were celebrated figures in the London fashion scene in the 1970s. Celia, a textile designer, posed for Hockney on many occasions.
"Celia has a beautiful face, a very rare face with lots of things in it which appeal to me. It shows aspects of her, like her intuitive knowledge and her kindness which I think is the greatest virtue. To me she's such a special person.. Portraits aren't just made up of drawing, they are made up of other insights as well. Celia is one of the few girls I know really well. I've drawn her so many times and knowing her makes it always slightly different. 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."
David Hockney, quoted from: “Notes on Sitters,” David Hockney Portraits, exhibition catalog, National Portrait Gallery, London 2006, p. 22
In good condition. A faint crease in the center of the upper edge, which has since smoothed out, visible only in oblique light. Very few, tiny handling marks in places. Isolated tiny brown spots, as well as a tiny mold spot on the lower left edge.
1937 - 2026
Celia in a Wicker Chair. 1974.
Etching in colors with aquatint,.
Signed, dated, and numbered. From an edition of 60 copies. On BFK Rives wove paper (with the watermark). 68.5 x 54.2 cm (26.9 x 21.3 in). Sheet: 90,5 x 75,2 cm (35,6 x 29,6 in).
Published by Petersburg Press, London. [KA].
• Using the sophisticated linework and shadowing of the aquatint technique, David Hockney creates a portrait of masterful draftsmanship.
• David Hockney is not only a great painter but also an outstanding printmaker.
• This portrait depicts Celia Birtwell, the wife of Hockney’s longtime friend, the fashion designer Ossie Clark.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from Galerie Tanit, Munich, in 1981).
In the family’s possession ever since.
The portrait depicts Celia Birtwell, the wife of Hockney’s longtime friend and fashion designer Ossie Clark. The two were celebrated figures in the London fashion scene in the 1970s. Celia, a textile designer, posed for Hockney on many occasions.
"Celia has a beautiful face, a very rare face with lots of things in it which appeal to me. It shows aspects of her, like her intuitive knowledge and her kindness which I think is the greatest virtue. To me she's such a special person.. Portraits aren't just made up of drawing, they are made up of other insights as well. Celia is one of the few girls I know really well. I've drawn her so many times and knowing her makes it always slightly different. 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."
David Hockney, quoted from: “Notes on Sitters,” David Hockney Portraits, exhibition catalog, National Portrait Gallery, London 2006, p. 22
In good condition. A faint crease in the center of the upper edge, which has since smoothed out, visible only in oblique light. Very few, tiny handling marks in places. Isolated tiny brown spots, as well as a tiny mold spot on the lower left edge.
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