Evening Sale

Live Virtual Auction, 16 September 2025

Evening Sale: Modern and Contemporary Art

Current Bid

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Lot 306
  • David Hockney; Celia Looks (from A Series of Hand Drawn Lithographs from 1979-80) (M.C.A.T. 247)
  • David Hockney; Celia Looks (from A Series of Hand Drawn Lithographs from 1979-80) (M.C.A.T. 247)
  • David Hockney; Celia Looks (from A Series of Hand Drawn Lithographs from 1979-80) (M.C.A.T. 247)


Lot Estimate
ZAR 100 000 - 150 000
Current Bid
Starting at ZAR 90 000
Location
Cape Town
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About this Item

British 1937-
Celia Looks (from A Series of Hand Drawn Lithographs from 1979-80) (M.C.A.T. 247)
1980

signed, dated 80, numbered 21/54 in pencil and embossed with the Gemini G.E.L. Los Angeles chopmark and ink stamp, 1995 in the margin

lithograph printed in sepia on HMP Koller tan paper
image size: 27 by 27cm; 56,5 by 50 by 3cm including frame

Notes

14 artist's proofs and an edition of 54, printed by James Reid and Robert Meyer.

'In Celia Looks, 1980, Hockney further reduces Celia's likeness to essential lines. Depicted in profile, with her hand gently resting on her chin, Celia gazes to the left of the picture plane. Her visage fills the sheet, allowing the viewer to intently examine her in the same way Hockney would have done. Using a heavy line to trace the silhouette of Celia's profile, Hockney transforms his muse into a regal figure who might adorn a coin face.'1

1. (no date) Hockney's Muse, Phillips, online, https://www.phillips.com/article/101235844/hockney-muse-celia-birtwell, accessed 26 September 2024.

Literature

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (2023) David Hockney, Tokyo: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, unpaginated.

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